Written question asked by Wayne David (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 December 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 December 2018. It was answered by Stuart Andrew (Conservative) on Wednesday, 12 December 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Defence Equipment & Support: Staff
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacant civilian staff full-time equivalent posts Defence Equipment and Support has backfilled with contractors or contingent labour in each of the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of those arrangements.
- Answer
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Contingent labour is only used for instances where Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) does not have the specialist skills it needs in-house, or for urgent requirements where normal recruitment activities would not fill the post in time with a civilian or military employee.
The cost and average number of contingent labour personnel used by DE&S in each of the last three financial years is shown in the table below.
Year
2017-18
2016-17
2015-16
Cost (£ million)
27.8
42.6
27.1
Average number (Full time equivalent)
254
358
292
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 198737
- Session
- 2017-19
- Subjects
- Staff Vacancies Defence Equipment & Support
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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