Defence Force: Personnel

Ms Burke asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 28 May 2002:

1. What was the number of defence force personnel in the (a) Royal Australian Navy (RAN), (b) Army and (iii) Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996, (iii) 1997, (iv) 1998, (v) 1999, (vi) 2000 and (vii) 2001.
2. What was the total expenditure on staff related costs, including wages, superannuation and other entitlements, in (a) 1995, (b) 1996, (c) 1997, (d) 1998, (e) 1999, (f) 2000 and (g) 2001.
3. What was the total expenditure for the (a) RAN, (b) Army and (c) RAAF on new equipment purchases in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996, (iii) 1997, (iv) 1998, (v) 1999, (vi) 2000 and (vii) 2001.
4. What was the total expenditure for the (a) RAN, (b) Army and (c) RAAF on equipment maintenance related purchases in (i) 1995, (ii) 1996, (iii) 1997, (iv) 1998, (v) 1999, (vi) 2000 and (vii) 2001.

Mrs Vale - The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:

1. 
   

   Date	Navy	Army	Air Force
   30 June 1995	14,679	26,009	17,500
   30 June 1996	14,404	25,964	17,212
   30 June 1997	14,701	25,885	16,630
   30 June 1998	14,250	24,940	15,984
   30 June 1999	13,399	23,906	14,714
   30 June 2000	12,527	24,164	14,064
   30 June 2001	12,263	24,360	13,140

2. 
   

   Year	1994/95	1995/96	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01
   $	3,906,376	4,007,218	4,773,189	4,902,274	4,967,037	4,927,534	5,112,084
   DAR1	Page 302	Page 298	Page 308	Page 96	Page 95	Page 95	Page 153
   DAR				DAR 97/98	DAR 98/99
   $				4,796,175 2	5,007,066 2
   				Page 96	Page 95

   Note:
   (1) Defence Annual Report (DAR) for the year listed at the top of the column.
   (2) Where two amounts are shown as Expenditure, the difference relates to changes in categorisation between Employee and Supplier Expenditure after publication of those years' Annual Reports.
3. Defence manages its acquisition of major capital equipment purchases through a single organisation, the Defence Materiel Organisation, and not through the separate Services. Information on the capital equipment expenditure program is available both in the Capital Budget table of the annual Defence Portfolio Estimates and Additional Estimates Statements as well as in the Notes to the Accounts relating to Specialist Military Equipment in the annual Financial Statements contained in the Defence Annual Report.
4. With the new organisational structures in Defence, maintenance related expenditures are no longer managed solely by the three Services or along Service lines. A reasonable assessment of the quantum of maintenance related expenditure is contained annually in the Notes to the Accounts of the Financial Statements in the Defence Annual Report under the expense title of 'Suppliers'. Earlier annual reports reflecting the pre-Defence Reform Program organisational structure do include a break up of this expense element by the three Services.

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