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Written question asked by John Healey (Labour) on Monday, 20 November 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 November 2023. It was answered by James Cartlidge (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 November 2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

National Shipbuilding Office: Staff

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff from (a) his Department and (b) other departments have been employed at the National Shipbuilding Office in each year since 2021.

Answer

The National Shipbuilding Office (NSO) is an Office of Department hosted by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). The Secretary of State for the Defence holds the position of Shipbuilding Tsar.

The NSO’s budget is drawn from the MOD, Department for Business and Trade, Cabinet Office, Department for Transport and Department for Education.

Since December 2022 all posts have been directly employed by the NSO except for one post which continues to be directly funded by the Department for Business and Trade and another by the Royal Navy.


Resource

2021-221

2022-232

2023-24

Budget

£1,326 ,059

£2,534,175

£2,349,731

Staffing – Military

3

3

3

Staffing – Civilian

11

20

20

Staffing – Industry secondees3

0

1

2

Total Staffing4

14

24

25

1 2021 was a part year following the National Shipbuilding Office’s (NSO) creation.

2 In response to Question 122041, answered on 17 January 2023, it was stated the annual budget of the NSO for financial year (FY)2021-22 was £2,534,175. It should have read FY2022-23.

3 Industry secondees are paid by their home company whilst they work for the NSO.

4 All staffing figures correspond to data taken at 31 October each year and do not include vacancies.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2484
Session
2023-24
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Grouped for answer
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Subjects
Government departments Staff National Shipbuilding Office
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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