This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Numbers of military/civilian personnel by grade at DE&S Abbey Wood'.
Tony Dudman 
 
DES Sec-Par1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maple 1 #2120 
Tel: 0117 91 34371  
MOD Abbey Wood 
Fax: 0117 91 30902 
Bristol  
 
BS34 8JH 
 
[email address]
 
 
 
 
 

 
Please reply to:  
 
John Howarth 
 
Request No. 40608-d4596d2a 
 
Our Reference:  
 
Whatdotheyknow.com 
05-07-2010-101853-002 
 
Date:  
20 October 2010 
 
 
 
Dear Mr Howarth 
 
Thank you for your e-mail of 4 July 2010, asking us to provide the number of military and civilian 
personnel, by military rank or grade, employed by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) at MOD 
Abbey Wood. This is considered to be request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 
2000. 
 
The information requested is shown in the Annex. It reflects the position as at 31 August 2010. The 
table does not include non-UK personnel working at MOD Abbey Wood, but it does include 
apprentices employed under the SkillZone apprenticeship scheme and Royal Fleet Auxiliary 
personnel. It also shows the number of civilian posts currently occupied by military staff.  
 
I apologise for the delay in providing this information but I hope that this full breakdown meets your 
requirements. 
 
If you are not satisfied or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of your request, then 
you should contact me in the first instance. If informal resolution is not possible and you are still 
dissatisfied then you may apply for an independent internal review by contacting the Head of 
Corporate Information, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail [email address]). 
Please note that any request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date 
on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has come to an end.  
 
If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the Information 
Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that 
the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has 
been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found 
on the Commissioner's website, http://www.ico.gov.uk. 
 
 
Yours sincerely,  
 
Tony Dudman  
 
Enclosure: Defence Equipment & Support Staff at MOD Abbey Wood 31/08/2010 
 

 
Annex to 
05-07-2010-101853-002 
Dated 20 October 2010 
Civilian Posts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grand 
Paid Salary Admin Plan  Military Grades 
Paid Grade 
Civilian  Military 
Total 
Senior Civil Service 
  
SCS Pay Band 3 

  

  
  
SCS Pay Band 2 

  

  
  
SCS Pay Band 1 
52 

58 
B1  
 
B1 
233 
14 
247 
B2  
 
B2 
553 

556 
C1  
 
C1 
1750 

1755 
C2  
 
C2 
1542 

1544 
D  
 

848 

851 
E1 
  
E1 
423 
  
423 
E2 
  
E2 

  

Total 
 
 
5416 
33 
5449 
Retained Posts 
  
Fast Stream Grade Band C1 
12 

13 
  
  
Fast Stream Grade Band C2 
10 
  
10 
  
  
Retired Offr 1 

  

  
  
Snr Investigating Offr 

  

  
  
SPTO/SSO (Health Physicist) 

  

  
  
G7/Health Physicist 
  


Retained Total 
  
  
26 

28 
Royal Fleet Auxiliary 
  
Captain RFA 

  

  
  
Chief Officer RFA 

  

  
  
Chief Petty Officer RFA 

  

  
  
Commodore RFA 

  

  
  
First Officer RFA 
11 
  
11 
  
  
Second Officer RFA 

  

  
  
Third Officer RFA 

  

RFA Total 
  
  
32 

32 
SkillZone 
Technician Apprentice Phase 
Apprenticeships  
 
1 68 
 
 
68 
Technician Apprentice Phase 
  
  
2 29 
 
 
29 
Technician Apprentice Phase 
  
  

10  
  10 
SkillZone Total 
  
  
107 

107 
  
  
  
5581 
35 
5616 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Military Posts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Grand 
Paid Salary Admin Plan  Military Grades 
Paid Grade 
Civilian  Military 
Total 
ARMY OF9 
General 
 
 


  
OF8 
Lieutenant General 
  


  
OF7 
Major General 
  


 
 OF6 
Brigadier  
 


  
OF5 
Colonel 
  
12 
12 
  
OF4 
Lieutenant Colonel 
  
58 
58 
  
OF3 
Major 
  
132 
132 
  
OF2 
Captain 
  


  
OR9 
Warrant Officer Class 1 
  
50 
50 
  
OR8 
Warrant Officer Class 2 
  
45 
45 
  
OR7 
Staff Sergeant 
  
33 
33 
  
OR6 
Sergeant 
  


  
OR4 
Corporal 
  


Army Total 
  
  
  
360 
360 
RAF 
OF8 
Air Marshal 
  


  
OF7 
Air Vice Marshal 
  


  
OF6 
Air Commodore 
  


  
OF5 
Group Captain 
  
12 
12 
  
OF4 
Wing Commander 
  
41 
41 
  
OF3 
Squadron Leader 
  
97 
97 
  
OF2 
Flight Lieutenant 
  
39 
39 
  
OR9 
Warrant Officer 
  


  
OR7 
Chief Technician 
  
23 
23 
  
  
Flight Sergeant 
  
22 
22 
  
OR6 
Sergeant 
  
14 
14 
  
OR4 
Corporal 
  
11 
11 
  
OR1 
Senior Aircraftsman 
  


RAF Total 
  
  
  
274 
274 
RN 
OF7 
Rear Admiral 
  


  
OF6 
Commodore 
  


  
OF5 
Captain (RN) 
  
23 
23 
  
OF4 
Commander 
  
81 
81 
  
OF3 
Lieutenant Commander 
  
123 
123 
  
OF2 
Lieutenant 
  
80 
80 
  
OR9 
Warrant Officer 1 
  
35 
35 
  
OR8 
Warrant Officer 2 
  
32 
32 
  
OR7 
Chief Petty Officer 
  
46 
46 
  
OR6 
Petty Officer 
  


  
OR4 
Leading Seaman 
  


  
OR2 
Able Seaman 
  


RN Total 
  
  
  
437 
437 
Mil staff in civilian 
posts 

  
  
  
35 
35 
Grand Total 
  
  
  
1106 
1106 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Staff in Abbey 
Wood 

  
  
Civilian   Military 
Total 
  
  
  
5581 
1106 
6687