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DASA employs a mixture of statisticians, economists, IT specialists, other analysts and specialists, and administrative staff. DASA is an Investors In People and has an open culture in which individual contribution, team working, continuous improvement and a good work/life balance are encouraged.
DASA is part of both the Government Statistical Service and the Government Economic Service and DASA Directors are the MoD's heads of profession for statistics and economics.

DASA is responsible for publishing all of the National Statistics on Defense .

The Agency's main products and services are:
  • Publicly available National Statistics on defence

  • Statistics on a wide range of defence activity for use within MoD (personnel, financial, logistics, commercial, health, equipment etc)

  • Economic advice and investment appraisal and evaluation

  • Forecasting to support the Department's financial and personnel planning

  • Consultancy services, advice and research including modeling, statistical analyses, surveys and problem solving.



BRANCHES


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DASA consists of many different branches:
  • Logistics, Lean Support, Corporate Systems, Consultancy & Research, Corporate Business Management and Health are all based at Ensleigh in Bath .

  • Tri Service Manpower, Civilian Manpower, Pay & Pensions, Web & Development Services, Surveys, CBM and DESA are all based in London .

  • Air Manpower is based at RAF Innsworth at Innsworth in Gloucester .

  • Economic Stats in Bristol .

  • Army Manpower in Upavon

  • Navy Manpower in Portsmouth .




MANAGEMENT


Each of DASA’s branches has a head of branch, which reports to one of the four directors, who intern report to the Chief Executive, Mike McDowell.

Ray Hurley is a founding member of both DASA and the Logistics branch and is a key member of the agency. He acts as a consultant to all the members of DASA and the MoD as a whole. He has slowly climbed to this position as his huge knowledge base was noticed. Ray is notably knowledgeable in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access , but has a huge expanse of useful knowledge on all areas of the MoD's business. He is also famed for his wider knowledge of the world.

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