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The pay costs for officers in each of the Armed Forces over the period 2010-11 to 2013-14 inclusive have been attached.<\/p>

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These costs represent expenditure on the regular cadre. Expenditure on reservists is not accounted for by rank or Arm of Service, and is therefore not included in the attached figures.<\/p>

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Expenditure on operational allowances is also not accounted for by rank or Arm of Service. However, annual expenditure for all ranks and all Arms of Service has been as follows:<\/p>

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Operational Allowance<\/p>

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113.2<\/p>

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144.7<\/p>

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127.6<\/p>

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69.6<\/p>

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Campaign Continuity Allowance (includes Op Herrick Drawdown Allowance)<\/p>

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0.7<\/p>

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0.6<\/p>

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0.6<\/p>

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0.7<\/p>

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The requested information is provided in the following table.<\/p>

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UK Armed Forces personnel working in DE&S, DIO and DSG as at <\/strong><\/p>

1 October 2014<\/strong><\/p>

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Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S)<\/p><\/td>

1,620<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)<\/p><\/td>

240<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Defence Support Group (DSG)<\/p><\/td>

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\u2018-\u2019 Zero or rounded to zero. Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.<\/p>

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The requested breakdown is provided in the attached table.<\/p>

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The approximate number of UK Regular Forces personnel stationed at each of the requested locations as at 1 October 2014 is provided in the following table.<\/p>

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Army HQ<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,060<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Navy HQ<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

510<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

RAF HQ<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,330<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Joint Forces Command HQ<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

1,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

MOD<\/strong> Main Building<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

740<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

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Notes:<\/p>

  1. UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded.<\/li>
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    Around 600 UK Armed Forces personnel are currently deployed on operations in Afghanistan and around a further 2,930 are deployed on operations in other countries. Information on the stationed location of all UK Regular Forces is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/376061/QLS_Quarterly_Location_Statistics__October_2014.pdf#page=4<\/a><\/p>

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    Notes:<\/strong><\/p>

    1. \u2018UK Armed Forces personnel\u2019 includes UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.<\/li>
    2. \u2018Other countries\u2019 excludes deployments in the UK, Afghanistan and personnel on board Naval Vessels.<\/li>
    3. Data for personnel deployed on operations only includes personnel who are deployed to an overseas location with an assigned country code. Personnel on overseas training exercises are excluded.<\/li><\/ol>

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