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Written question asked by John Healey (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 November 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 December 2023 (named day). It was answered by James Cartlidge (Conservative) on Monday, 4 December 2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence: Consultants and Temporary Employment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Annual Report and Accounts for 2021-22, published in July 2022, HC 500, and for 2022-23, published in July 2023, HC 1468, what the (a) Consultancy and (b) Temporary Staff costs were for each contract for MOD main building in (i) 2022 and (ii) 2023.

Answer

The Department does not maintain records of temporary staff and consultancy contract numbers and expenditure by location. However, we can confirm that the value of expenditure on consultancy and temporary staff incurred by the Department’s Head Office in 2022-23 and 2021-22 was as follows:

Head Office and Enabling Organisations

2022-23 £million

2021-22 £million

Consultancy

16.066

10.620

Temporary Staff

11.480

6.425

Head Office includes a number of different teams for example the Directorate General Finance, Chief of Defence People, Secretariat, Policy and Operations as well as others.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
4342
Session
2023-24
Related items
Ministry of Defence: Consultants
Monday, 11 December 2023
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Costs Consultants Ministry of Defence Temporary employment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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