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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) those targets of the MoD Police for 1998-99 which (i) were and (ii) were not achieved, giving the factors affecting the outcome in each case and (b) action taken by the agency to improve target achievement performance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list (a) those targets of the MoD Police for 1998-99 which (i) were and (ii) were not achieved, giving the factors affecting the outcome in each case and (b) action taken by the agency to improve target achievement performance...
Asked by
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Moonie
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
21 February 2000
For answer on
8 March 2000
Answered on
8 March 2000
Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list (a) those targets of the MoD Police for 1998-99
which (i) were and (ii) were not achieved, giving the factors affecting the outcome in each case and (b) action taken by the agency
to improve target achievement performance in 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. [111763]
Dr. Moonie: [holding answer 6 March 2000]: This is a matter for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency. I have
asked the Chief Constable to write to the right hon. and learned Member.
Letter from W. E. E. Boreham to Mr. Menzies Campbell, dated 8 March 2000:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about targets for 1998-99 as this matter falls into my area of
responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency.
The Ministry of Defence Police Agency were set the following Key Targets for 1998-99: By 31 March 1999 to have completed all
remaining Service Level Agreements with the Agency customers. By 31 March 1999 to have established an MDP Office Watch initiative at
a minimum of 20 MoD locations nation-wide. In financial year 1998-99 to have in place Local Policing and Security Plans at each MDP
policed Establishment. By 31 March 1999, in accordance with Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary's recommendations, to have put
in place agreed Area Policing Team (APT) performance indicators which will enable the Agency to set targets for APT performance
improvement in financial year 1999-00. To achieve, across Chief Constable MDP's retained element of the MDP budget, an overall
efficiency saving of 2.5 per cent. To contribute to the achievement of Departmentally Mandated Standards for project CAPITAL
(introduction of Resource Accounting and Budgeting).
All of these Key Targets were achieved in full, as reported in my Annual Report for 1998-99, copies of which are available in the
Library of the House. Further demanding targets were put in place for 1999-00, and performance against them is monitored on a
regular basis.
Subjects
Ministry of Defence Police; Standards
Date
8 March 2000
Reference
345 c713-4W; 111763
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Ministry of Defence Police published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report. - Inc fig and text of letter from Walter Boreham, Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date the Ministry of Defence Police published its report for 1997-98; and what was the cost of production of the report. - Inc fig and text of letter from Walter Boreham, Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police.
Asked by
Mike Hancock
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Doug Henderson
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 March 1999
For answer on
18 March 1999
Answered on
18 March 1999
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date the Ministry of Defence Police published its report for 1997-98;
and what was the cost of production of the report. [76886]
Mr. Doug Henderson: This is a matter for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Policy Agency. I have asked the Chief
Constable to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Walter Boreham to Mr. Mike Hancock, dated 18 March 1999:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the Ministry of Defence Police report for 1997-98 as this
falls into my area of responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Policy Agency.
My 1997-98 annual report was laid before Parliament on 20 July 1998. The cost of production was £24,191.
Subjects
Costs; Annual reports; Ministry of Defence Police
Date
18 March 1999
Reference
76886; 327 c809W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Ministry of Defence Police; and what was the figure ten years ago. - Inc figs and text of letter from Walter Boreham of Ministry of Defence Police. (Holding answer 3 March 1999).
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are currently employed by the Ministry of Defence Police; and what was the figure ten years ago. - Inc figs and text of letter from Walter Boreham of Ministry of Defence Police. (Holding answer 3 March 1999).
Asked by
Mike Hancock
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Spellar
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
22 February 1999
For answer on
4 March 1999
Answered on
4 March 1999
Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people are currently employed by the Ministry of Defence Police; and
what was the figure ten years ago. [72991]
Mr. Spellar: [holding answer 3 March 1999]: This is a matter for the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police. I have asked
the Chief Executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Walter Boreham to Mr. Mike Hancock, dated 4 March 1999:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the complement of the Ministry of Defence Police, both
the current manning levels and those of ten years ago, as this falls into my area of responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief
Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency.
The strength for the Ministry of Defence Police on 23rd February 1999 was 3,609 with 245 civilian support staff. The strength figure
of 1st May 1989 was 4,613 and 92 civilian staff.
Subjects
Staff; Ministry of Defence Police
Date
4 March 1999
Reference
72991; 326 c869-70W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the home of Mr Tony Geraghty has been searched by MoD Police and his computer files and other material seized. - Including text of letter from W.E.E. Boreham of Ministry of Defence Police.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the home of Mr Tony Geraghty has been searched by MoD Police and his computer files and other material seized. - Including text of letter from W.E.E. Boreham of Ministry of Defence Police.
Asked by
Tam Dalyell
(Labour)
Answered by
Doug Henderson
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
11 January 1999
For answer on
14 January 1999
Answered on
14 January 1999
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons the home of Mr. Tony Geraghty has been searched by MoD
Police and his computer files and other material seized. [65472]
Mr. Doug Henderson: This is a matter for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency. I have asked the Chief
Constable to write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from W. E. E. Boreham to Mr. Tam Dalyell, dated 14 January 1999:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the house search and property seized by the Ministry of
Defence Police from Tony Geraghty, as this falls into my area of responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry
of Defence Police Agency.
Computer files and research material were seized, under warrant, from the home address of Mr. Geraghty, as part of an investigation
in connection with alleged offences against the Official Secrets Act. The property seized is currently under evaluation.
Subjects
Criminal investigation; Software; Official secrets; Personal property; Ministry of Defence Police; Geraghty, Tony
Date
14 January 1999
Reference
65472; 323 c269-70W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the computer files and research material of the author Tony Geraghty have been seized by Ministry of Defence Police. - Inc text of letter from WEE Boreham of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the computer files and research material of the author Tony Geraghty have been seized by Ministry of Defence Police. - Inc text of letter from WEE Boreham of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency.
Asked by
Austin Mitchell
(Labour)
Answered by
Doug Henderson
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 January 1999
For answer on
11 January 1999
Answered on
11 January 1999
Mr. Mitchell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons the computer files and research material of the author Tony
Geraghty have been seized by Ministry of Defence Police. [65368]
Mr. Doug Henderson: This is a matter for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency. I have asked the Chief
Constable to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from W. E. E. Boreham to Mr. Austin Mitchell, dated 11 January 1999:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about property seized by the Ministry of Defence Police from
Tony Geraghty, as this falls into my area of responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police
Agency.
Computer files and research material were seized, under warrant, from the home address of Mr. Geraghty, as part of an investigation
in connection with alleged offences against the Office Secrets Acts. The property seized is currently under evaluation.
Subjects
Criminal investigation; Software; Official secrets; Personal property; Geraghty, Tony
Date
11 January 1999
Reference
323 c14W; 65368
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons Ministry of Defence Police forcibly entered the homes of Gulf War veterans at the beginning of December. - Inc text of letter from WEE Boreham, Chief Constable of Ministry of Defence Police.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons Ministry of Defence Police forcibly entered the homes of Gulf War veterans at the beginning of December. - Inc text of letter from WEE Boreham, Chief Constable of Ministry of Defence Police.
Asked by
Llew Smith
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Spellar
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 December 1998
For answer on
17 December 1998
Answered on
17 December 1998
Mr. Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons Ministry of Defence Police forcibly entered the homes of
Gulf War veterans at the beginning of December. [63911]
Mr. Spellar: This is a matter for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency. I have asked the Chief Constable to
write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from W. E. E. Boreham to Mr. Llew Smith, dated 17 December 1998:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about Ministry of Defence Police entering the homes of Gulf War
veterans, as this falls into my area of responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency.
Ministry of Defence Police did not forcibly enter the homes of Gulf War veterans. On Tuesday 1 December 1998 the Ministry of Defence
Police executed search warrants at two private residences in connection with an investigation to determine the whereabouts of MOD
documents, believed stolen from the MOD's Gulf Veteran's Medical Assessment Programme at St. Thomas' Hospital, London.
Subjects
Criminal investigation; Documents; Ministry of Defence Police; Ministry of Defence; Theft; Gulf War syndrome
Date
17 December 1998
Reference
63911; 322 c655W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors have delayed the investigation by the Ministry of Defence Police into allegations pertaining to alleged fraud at the Army Base Nepain Organisation at Stirling, over the period 15th December 1997 to June 1998. - Inc text of letter from WEE...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what factors have delayed the investigation by the Ministry of Defence Police into allegations pertaining to alleged fraud at the Army Base Nepain Organisation at Stirling, over the period 15th December 1997 to June 1998. - Inc text of letter from WEE...
Asked by
Tam Dalyell
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 June 1998
For answer on
15 June 1998
Answered on
15 June 1998
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what factors have delayed the investigation by the Ministry of Defence Police
into allegations pertaining to alleged fraud at the Army Base Repair Organisation at Stirling, over the period 15 December 1997 to
June 1998. [44416]
Dr. Reid: This is a matter for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP). I have asked the Chief Constable to
write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from W. E. E. Boreham to Mr. Tam Dalyell, dated 15 June 1998:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the Ministry of Defence Police investigation at Army Base
Repair Organisation (ABRO) Stirling, as this falls into my area of responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry
of Defence Police (MDP) Agency.
The Ministry of Defence Police are investigation allegations of irregularities at ABRO Stirling. I have reviewed the investigation
and consider that it is being expeditiously pursued given its nature and complexity.
Subjects
Criminal investigation; Fraud; Ministry of Defence Police; Army Base Repair Organisation; Stirling
Date
15 June 1998
Reference
314 c2W; 44416
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what responsibility COMAX has for the payment of the costs of the Ministry of Defence Police at Pendine and other DERA bases; and what are the additional costs of that responsibility - Text of letter from Walter Boreham of Ministry of Defence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what responsibility COMAX has for the payment of the costs of the Ministry of Defence Police at Pendine and other DERA bases; and what are the additional costs of that responsibility - Text of letter from Walter Boreham of Ministry of Defence...
Asked by
Nick Ainger
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Spellar
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
1 April 1998
For answer on
6 April 1998
Answered on
6 April 1998
Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what responsibility COMAX has for the payment of the costs of the Ministry of
Defence Police at Pendine and other DERA bases; and what are the additional costs of that responsibility. [37908]
Mr. Spellar: This is a matter for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Policy Agency. I have asked the Chief Constable to
write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from Walter Boreham to Mr. Nick Ainger, dated 6 April 1998:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the payment of costs for Ministry of Defence Police at
Pendine and other DERA bases as this falls into my areas of responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of
Defence Policy Agency.
Negotiations are taking place between COMAX and the Ministry of Defence Policy on the terms and costs of the continued presence of
the Ministry of Defence Police at six DERA sites. Until those negotiations are completed I am unable to answer the question.
However, the costs for the services now provided meanwhile are being met by COMAX.
Subjects
Costs; Ministry of Defence Police; Defence Evaluation and Research Agency; Comax
Date
6 April 1998
Reference
310 c52W; 37908
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer (304 c184-5, 27 January 1998), on Ministry of Defence Police, if he will ensure that sufficient information about transfers of personnel is published in the Force Orders to satisfy requirements of openness and scrutiny without disclosing details that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer (304 c184-5, 27 January 1998), on Ministry of Defence Police, if he will ensure that sufficient information about transfers of personnel is published in the Force Orders to satisfy requirements of openness and scrutiny without disclosing details that...
Asked by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 March 1998
For answer on
30 March 1998
Answered on
30 March 1998
Mr. Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 27 January 1998, Official Report, column 185, on
Ministry of Defence Police, if he will ensure that sufficient information about transfers of personnel is published in the Force
Orders to satisfy requirements of openness and scrutiny without disclosing details that are private to the individual officers.
[35917]
Dr. Reid: This is a matter for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency. I have asked the Chief Constable to
write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from Walter Boreham to Mr. David Kidney, dated 30 March 1998:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about Ministry of Defence Police Force Orders, as this falls
into my area of responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency.
I am satisfied that the publication in my weekly Force Orders of the names of officers posted, the Stations between which they are
being moved and the dates of transfer, both respects the privacy of the individuals in personal matters and is open and subject to
scrutiny.
Subjects
Disclosure of information; Contracts; Employment; Ministry of Defence Police
Date
30 March 1998
Reference
35917; 309 c409W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when all testing for millennium compliance will be complete in (a) the Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency, (b) the Army Training and Recruitment Agency, (c) the Army Technical Support Agency, (d) the Defence Bills Agency, (e) the Defence Evaluation and Research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when all testing for millennium compliance will be complete in (a) the Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency, (b) the Army Training and Recruitment Agency, (c) the Army Technical Support Agency, (d) the Defence Bills Agency, (e) the Defence Evaluation and Research...
Asked by
Julian Lewis
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Spellar
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
26 February 1998
For answer on
13 March 1998
Answered on
13 March 1998
Subjects
Costs; Executive agencies; Consultants; Contracts for services; Millennium compliance; Ministry of Defence
Date
13 March 1998
Reference
308 c416-27W; 32792;32790;32791
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those facilities in the (a) public and (b) private sector that have a current full-time requirement for MoD Police; and if he will list the current annual cost at each facility. - Inc table and text of letter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those facilities in the (a) public and (b) private sector that have a current full-time requirement for MoD Police; and if he will list the current annual cost at each facility. - Inc table and text of letter...
Asked by
Nick Ainger
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 February 1998
For answer on
17 February 1998
Answered on
17 February 1998
Mr. Ainger: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those facilities in the (a) public and (b) private sector that
have a current full-time requirement for MoD Police; and if he will list the current annual cost at each facility. [29179]
Dr. Reid: [holding answer 12 February 1998]: This is a matter for the Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police. I have
asked the Chief Executive to write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from Michael Smallwood to Mr. Nick Ainger, dated 17 February 1998:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the Ministry of Defence Police, on behalf of the Chief
Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence (MDP) Agency, as this falls into his area of responsibility. The Chief
Constable/Chief Executive is away from the office at present.
The MDP are based at 109 locations, where there is a requirement for their services, costing a total of £149,256 million per annum.
I am withholding the list of locations in accordance with exemption 1, `information whose disclosure would harm national security or
defence', of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. I am also withholding details of the annual cost of the MDP
at each location under both exemptions 1 and 13, `information including commercial confidences, trade secrets whose unwarranted
disclosure would harm the competitive position of a third party', of the Code of Practice.
The budget and costs of the MDP are however included within the Annual Report of the Chief Constable. I attach a copy of the
relevant pages from the 1996-97 report. A complete copy of the Annual Report is held in the Library of the House of Commons.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
1995-96 £000 percentage 1996-97 £000 percentage
(a) Expenditure
Gross Expenditure 156,115 -- 149,256 --
Gross Income 21,846 -- 18,871 --
Net expenditure subject to 134,269 -- 130,385 --
Vote
(b) Expenditure Analysis
Staff costs (Note 1) 130,971 83.9 121,925 81.7
Overtime (Note 2) 10,260 6.6 13,163 8.8
Administrative costs (Note 11,574 7.4 11,076 7.4
3)
Accommodation costs (Note 4) 3,310 2.1 3,092 2.1
Total 156,115 100 149,256 100
(c) Income Analysis
Other Government 12,381 56.7 10,198 54.1
Departments/Agencies
Foreign Government customers 4,517 20.7 4,422 23.4
Defence contractors 3,913 17.9 2,509 13.3
Other receipts 1,035 4.7 1,742 9.0
Total 21,846 100 18,871 100
Note 1-Analysis of staff
costs
MDP pay 105,199 80.3 96,755 79.3
MDP ERNIC 9,124 7.0 9,149 7.5
MDP Pension contribution 13,569 10.4 12,287 10.1
Civilian/Service pay 3,079 2.4 3,734 3.1
Total 130,971 100 121,925 100
Note 2-Analysis of overtime
costs
MDP overtime 9,825 95.8 13,079 99.4
Civilian overtime 435 4.2 84 0.6
Total 10,260 100 13,163 100
Note 3-Analysis of administrative costs
Permanent transfer 2,373 20.5 2,829 25.6
Travel and subsistence 1,282 11.1 1,821 16.4
Information technology 2,663 23.0 1,149 10.4
Vehicles/transport 2,842 24.6 3,254 29.4
Telecommunications 567 4.9 314 2.8
General administration 1,754 15.2 1,550 14.0
expenses
Other contract services 93 0.8 159 1.4
Total 11,574 100 11,076 100
Note 4-Analysis of accommodation costs
Works maintenance 1,927 58.2 1,658 53.6
Public utilities 577 17.4 624 20.2
Contract catering and 806 24.4 810 26.2
cleaning
HQ relocation costs 0 0
Total 3,310 100 3,092 100
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Subjects
Costs; Ministry of Defence Police
Date
17 February 1998
Reference
29179; 306 c558-9W;306 c556-8W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current security classification of the newsletter produced for the staff of (a) the Ships Support Agency, (b) the Ministry of Defence Police and (c) the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre; how often each newsletter is produced; and when each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the current security classification of the newsletter produced for the staff of (a) the Ships Support Agency, (b) the Ministry of Defence Police and (c) the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre; how often each newsletter is produced; and when each...
Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Spellar
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 January 1998
For answer on
28 January 1998
Answered on
28 January 1998
Mr. Matthew Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current security classification of the newsletter produced
for the staff of (a) the Ships Support Agency, (b) the Ministry of Defence Police and (c) the Defence Intelligence and Security
Centre; how often each newsletter is produced; and when each newsletter was first produced. [24508]
Mr. Spellar: This is a matter for the Chief Executives of the Agencies concerned. I have asked them to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from W. E. E. Boreham to Mr. Matthew Taylor, dated 28 January 1998:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the publication of a newsletter for Ministry of Defence
Police (MDP), as this falls into my area of responsibility, as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police
Agency.
My staff produce, every two months, an unclassified colour magazine, entitled Talk Through. The magazine was first produced in 1986.
Letter from Brigadier C. G. Holtom to Mr. Matthew Taylor, dated 28 January 1998:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the publication of newsletters as this matter falls
within my area of responsibility as the Chief Executive of the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre Agency.
The DISC does not currently produce a newsletter. However, as part of the preparations for the move of a number of units to form the
DISC at its new site at Chicksands, unclassified leaflets were produced containing information for personnel and their families
moving into the area. Six issues were produced between July 1996 and February 1997 covering such topics as housing, schools, public
transport and leisure facilities.
Letter from J. D. Coles to Mr. Matthew Taylor, dated 28 January 1998:
I am reply to your Question to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Defence about the Ships Support Agency (SSA)
newsletter as this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the SSA.
The current newsletter produced for SSA staff, titled `Ships Telegraph', was first published in October 1995 following the formation
of the Director General (Ships) organisation. This magazine has remained in circulation since the launch of the Ships Support Agency
in December 1996 and continues to be published on a monthly basis.
The security classification of `Ships Telegraph' has always been, and remains, unclassified.
I hope this is helpful.
Subjects
Publications; Ministry of Defence Police; Security; Ships Support Agency; Defence Intelligence and Security Centre
Date
28 January 1998
Reference
24508; 305 c244-5W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police published a force order on 29th March 1995 to withhold the transfer of terms applicable to officers' postings; and if he intends to review this practice. - Text of letter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police published a force order on 29th March 1995 to withhold the transfer of terms applicable to officers' postings; and if he intends to review this practice. - Text of letter...
Asked by
David Kidney
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Spellar
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
19 January 1998
For answer on
27 January 1998
Answered on
27 January 1998
Mr. Kidney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police
published a force order on 29 March 1995 to withhold the transfer of terms applicable to officers' postings; and if he intends to
review this practice. [24517]
Mr. Spellar: This is a matter for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP). I have asked the Chief Constable to
write to my hon. Friend.
Letter from Walter Boreham to Mr. David Kidney, dated 27 January 1998:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the publication of the transfer terms of Ministry of
Defence Police (MDP) officers, as this falls into my area of responsibility, as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of
Defence Police Agency.
In March 1995 my Personnel Department concluded that the transfer terms of individual officers were a private matter between the
officer and the Personnel Department. Accordingly, with effect from 29 March 1995, details of such transfer terms ceased to be
published in my weekly Force Orders. In resource terms the practice of no longer publishing individual officers' transfer terms
resulted in reduced staff effort and a minor reduction in the cost of publishing Force Orders.
I have no plans to review the current arrangements concerning the publication of the transfer terms of MDP officers' postings.
Subjects
Contracts; Employment; Ministry of Defence Police
Date
27 January 1998
Reference
24517; 305 c184-5W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his estimate of the total expenditure on all forms of publicity and advertising by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for (i) 1993-94, (ii) 1994-95, (iii) 1995-96, (iv) 1996-97, (v) the 1997-98, year to date,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is his estimate of the total expenditure on all forms of publicity and advertising by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for (i) 1993-94, (ii) 1994-95, (iii) 1995-96, (iv) 1996-97, (v) the 1997-98, year to date,...
Asked by
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Reid of Cardowan
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
5 November 1997
For answer on
8 December 1997
Answered on
8 December 1997
Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his estimate of the total expenditure on all forms of publicity
and advertising by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies for (i) 1993-94, (ii) 1994-95, (iii)
1995-96, (iv) 1996-97, (v) the 1997-98, year to date, (vi) the 1997-98, full year estimate and (vii) the 1998-99 planned
expenditure. [15269]
Dr. Reid: [holding answer 11 November 1997]: Details of central MOD expenditure on publicity and advertising are contained in the
annual MOD Departmental Reports. For 1993-94, the information is shown on page 39 of Cm2801; for 1994-95, the information is shown
on page 43 of Cm3055; for 1995-96, the information is shown on page 32 of Cm3448; and for 1996-97, the information is shown on page
49 of Cm3781. Copies of these Reports are available in the House.
Estimated expenditure for 1997-98 is £40.97 million. We do not publish detailed future plans as approval to commit expenditure is
subject to formal endorsement through Ministers and the Parliamentary supply system.
Expenditure by non-departmental public bodies for the years in question is set out below.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£
1993-94 629,262
1994-95 487,663
1995-96 456,644
1996-97 408,826
1997-98 to date 291,816
1997-98 full year 421,995
1998-99 {1}--
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Detailed figures not yet agreed.
Publicity expenditure for Departmental Agencies is not held centrally. I have asked Chief Executives, where appropriate, to write
direct to the hon. Member.
Letter from J. R. Drew to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about how much was spent by Defence Agencies on publicity and
advertising, as this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO).
I attach a table with the appropriate breakdown of costs for 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1997-98 year to date and the
1997-98 full year estimate. The substantial increase in 1997-98 is due to our involvement, as part of the Army's presence, in the
Royal Navy and British Army Equipment Exhibition in September 1997.
Total expenditure on all forms of publicity and advertising for the Army Base Repair Organisation
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£
1993-94 (Actual) 5,036
1994-95 (Actual) 7,618
1995-96 (Actual) 30,026
1996-97 (Actual) 37,721
1997-98 (Forecast) 176,868
Total 257,269
1997-98 (To date) 77,943
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Letter from M. J. Heritage-Owen to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about total expenditure on all forms of publicity and
advertising on behalf of the Chief Executive of the Royal Air Force Maintenance Group Defence Agency who is away on duty, as this
matter falls within his area of responsibility.
The information requested, broken down by financial year, is as follows:
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Financial year Total
(£)
1995-96 54,460
1996-97 359,741
1997-98 (To end of October) 135,668
1997-98 (Estimated full year) 405,531
1998-99 {1}--
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Detailed figures not yet available. Information for FY 1993/94 and FY 1994/95 is not available in the format requested and is,
therefore, not provided. Expenditure includes advertising and promotional costs. The increase since 1995/96 is due primarily to
increased civilian recruiting costs resulting from the drawdown of Service manpower.
I hope this information is helpful.
Letter from David G. Wadsworth to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about recruitment and advertising expenditure, as this matter
falls within my areas of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Service Children's Education Agency.
The SCE Agency recruits teaching and specialist staff in UK and overseas. Details of the past, current and future recruitment
advertising budget is attached at Annex A.
In addition to this, each of the 56 SCE Schools around the world is required to produce a school brochure in line with the practice
followed by LEA maintained schools in the UK. These brochures are used largely as information for parents. However, in a few cases
they may be used to advertise the benefits of attending an SCE school, where more than one is available in a given location or where
irreducible spare capacity can be offered to fee paying parents.
Information on school brochure expenditure is not collected as a matter of course, as most are produced locally at very little cost.
Based upon information available so far in this financial year, I would not expect the total sum to exceed £15K.
If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact my office.
Annex A: Expenditure on all forms of recruitment advertising
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£000
1993-94 {1}--
1994-95 32
1995-96 52
1996-97 66
1997-98 (year to date) 18
1997-98 (full year estimate) 51
1998-99 (planned expenditure) {2}--
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} No information available.
{2} Not yet finally agreed.
Letter from Peter Ewins to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about expenditure on publicity and advertising. For the
Meteorological Office, this matter falls to me as Chief Executive.
Expenditure by the Meteorological Office on publicity and advertising (in thousands of pounds) is estimated to be as follows:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Period Expenditure
£000
1993-94 777
1994-95 758
1995-96 735
1996-97 666
1997-98 (to date) 288
1997-98 (full year estimate) 765
1998-99 (planned expenditure) 955
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
This should be set against income from our commercial activities as a Trading Fund, currently running at over £22 million per annum.
Letter from D. L. Burden to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your question (PQ 1029i) to the Secretary of State for Defence concerning the total expenditure on all forms of
publicity and advertising by the MOD, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, in so far as it applies to the Army Personnel
Centre (APC).
I should explain that the only expenditure incurred separately by my Agency which falls into these categories is related to civilian
staff recruitment advertising costs during FY 1996/1997. These, inclusive of VAT, were as follows:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£
First advertisement, April 1996 3,578
Second advertisement, April 1996 1,037
Total 4,615
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
There is no planned expenditure of this nature for the remainder of this FY or during FY 1998/1999.
I hope this is helpful.
Letter from D. J. Stevens to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about expenditure on publicity and advertising in respect of
the Naval Bases and Supply Agency.
This agency was launched in December 1996 and is formed from a number of management areas within the MOD. The information which you
requested is not available therefore for the years prior to 1996/97. The figures requested for 1996/97 and 1997/98 are given below
and cover mainly recruitment advertising and external publicity, including attendance at exhibitions, advertising our irreducible
spare capacity from which we earn income. I am unable to give a figure for 1998/99 as detailed budgets have yet to be agreed.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£
1996-97 19,464
1997-98 (to date) 37,035
1997-98 (full year estimate) 48,035
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Letter from T. McG. Brown to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Defence regarding expenditure on publicity and
advertising. As Chief Executive of the Defence Postal and Courier Services Agency (DPCSA) I am responsible for expenditure within my
Agency and I am therefore providing the details you have requested.
All publicity costs are for the production of our Annual Report and Accounts. In accordance with our Accounts Direction (issued by
HM Treasury) and our Framework Document the Agency is obliged to present an annual report to Parliament. Some of the publicity costs
shown below were incurred on my Agency's behalf by other areas of the MOD. All advertising costs are for staff recruitment.
£000
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Year Publicity Advertising Total
1993-94 10.9 0.0 {1,2}10.9
1994-95 16.9 0.0 {2}16.9
1995-96 18.6 7.6 26.2
1996-97 23.2 6.6 29.8
1997-98 (to date) 0.7 4.2 {3}4.9
1997-98 (year end estimate) 20.0 10.0 {3}30.0
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Detailed figures for 1998-99 are not available at present.
{1} Production costs for the first Annual Report, a smaller document containing unaudited accounts, were significantly lower than
for subsequent larger Annual Reports with complete audited accounts.
{2} During 1993-94 and 1994-95 there were no advertising costs as staff recruitment for the Agency was the responsibility of central
MOD organisations at that time.
{3} Final costs for the latest Annual Report have not been finalised.
I hope this information is helpful.
Letter from John Chisholm to Mr. Malcolm Bruce dated 8 December 1997:
Thank you for your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about estimates of expenditure on publicity and
advertising. I am replying on behalf of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA).
The following figures for graduate recruitment advertising represent the majority of expenditure in this area:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£
i. 1993-94 {1}--
ii. 1994-95 888,000
iii. 1995-96 1,366,000
iv. 1996-97 1,392,000
v. 1997-98 (to date) 1,033,000
vi. 1997-98 (full year estimate) 1,570,000
vii. 1998-99 (planned expenditure) 1,685,000
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Information not available.
Other advertising and publicity costs are in the region of £200,000 per annum. This figure includes the cost of the DERA Press
Office and the Annual Results Press Conference.
I hope this information is helpful.
Letter from M. J. A. Smallwood to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about publicity and advertising, on behalf of the Chief
Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency, as this falls into this area of responsibility. The Chief
Constable/ Chief Executive is away from the office at present.
I have identified the following expenditure in respect of publicity and advertising: 1993-94 £6,572; 1994-95 £6,985; 1995-96
£36,659; 1996-97 £28,164; 1997-98 £13,775 up to 28 November 1997. I expect the final outturn for the current Financial Year to be
£20,000. Spending plans for 1998-99 have not yet been finalised.
Letter from Brian Raine to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I have been asked to respond to your Question regarding all forms of publicity and advertising and give our response below.
The amount spent on advertising is as follows:
1993-94: £4,116
1994-95: £2,100
1995-96: £3,451
1996-97: £6,929
1997-98: £5,297 to date
1997-98: £5,750 full year estimate
1998-99: Details not yet agreed.
Letter to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
In November you asked the Secretary of State for Defence a Parliamentary Question relating to expenditure on all forms of publicity
and advertising. As this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
(UKII0), I have been asked to reply to your direct.
The information you requested is as follows:
UKHO--Total expenditure on all forms of publicity and advertising
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Financial year Amount (£)
1993-94 228,741,97
1994-95 226,396.90
1995-96 340,446.88
1996-97 323,672.13
1997-98 (to date) 239,776.25
1997-98 (full year estimate) {1}494,887.15
1998-99 (planned expenditure) 687,000.00
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Includes to date figure.
As the UKHO operates in an international commercial market, the attainment of Trading Fund status has provided the UKIIO with
additional flexibility to respond to commercial activities. In the first year of operating as a Trading Fund the UKHO achieved a net
profit of £3.7M which clearly demonstrates that costs are more than fully recovered by sales activities.
I hope the above has been of assistance. Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to get in touch with my
Office.
Letter from J.D. Coles to Mr. Malcolm Bruce dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Minister of State for the Armed Forces about the estimate of total expenditure on all forms of
publicity and advertising, as it relates to the Ships Support Agency, for which I am responsible.
The Agency was established on 11 December 1996 and the estimate of expenditure since that date is as follows:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£
(b)(iv) 1996-97 30,000
(b)(v) 1997-98, year to date 15,000
(b)(vi) 1997-98, full year estimate 15,000
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Detailed budgets for 1998-99 have not yet been agreed.
The figures relate to actual and planned expenditure associated with: Agency launch; the printing of the Agency's Framework
Document, Corporate Plan, and Annual Report and Accounts; and the Agency's input to the International Maritime Defence Exhibition
1997 at the Royal Naval College Greenwich.
Letter from P. D. Foxton to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to the recent question you tabled to the Secretary of State for Defence for those matters that fall within my area of
responsibility as Chief Executive of the Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency (ABSDA). You asked about the expenditure by ABSDA
on all forms of publicity and advertising for Financial Years 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97 and the year 1997-98 to date, and
the 1997-98 full year estimate.
For clarity I have incorporated the answer in the form of a table.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Financial Year Cost (£) Estimate (£)
1994-95 3,788 n/a
1995-96 10,379 n/a
1996-97 5,824 n/a
1997-98 3,649 8,248
1998-99 n/a
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
The Agency was not formed until 1995 and therefore no expenditure is recorded for the Financial year 1993-94.
I trust I have answered your questions satisfactorily.
Letter from S. R. Hill to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
1. I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the expenditure on publicity and spending by Defence
agencies as this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation (NARO).
2. Attached is a summary of the figures for this Agency.
Parliamentary Question--Expenditure on Publicity and Advertising by Defence Agencies
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Financial year Recruitment costs (civilian) PR/Marketing and business support
£ £
1993-94 934 988
1994-95 1,205 3,153
1995-96 1,478 0
1996-97 4,154 45,416
1997-98 (to date) 5,604 2,606
1997-98 (forecast) 11,083 15,000
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
The recruitment costs are for advertising.
Letter from K. A. Bradshaw to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence/Her Majesty's Government about Advertising and Publicity Costs
as this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of Defence Codification Agency.
The Defence Codification Agency has expenditure for the years quoted as follows:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£
1996-97 38,438
1997-98 (to date) 14,525
1997-98 (forecast) 21,000
1998-99 (yet to be finalised) --
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
For background information, the Defence Codification Agency was launched in June 1996. At that time funds were disaggregated from
the Defence Information Division (DINFOD) for our Marketing function.
Letter from I. G. McIntyre to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about expenditure on publicity and advertising as this matter
falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Defence Dental Agency.
During 1996/97 my Agency spent £13,738. This figure includes the cost of the national advertising for the national advertisement for
the post of Chief Executive. The spend to date in 1997/98, the current financial year, is £1,020 with the full year estimate being
£2,000. Details of budgets for future years have not yet been finalised.
Letter from R. J. Mealing to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
In response to your Question, and in the unavoidable absence of the Chief Executive on business, I am writing to inform you of
expenditure on all forms of publicity and advertising in so far as it effects the Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency.
Most of the expenditure incurred on publicity and advertising by my Agency is attributable to job advertising in newspapers. The
following table shows the information you have requested.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Financial year Expenditure (£)
1993-94 {1}--
1994-95 Nil
1995-96 5,901
1996-97 24,261
1997-98 (so far) 24,650
1997-98 (estimate) 27,053
1998-99 {2}--
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} DCTA not formed as an Agency.
{2} Detailed budget not yet agreed.
Letter from Malcolm Westgate to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about advertising and publicity costs. This matter falls within
my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Disposal Sales Agency.
During 1995/96 my Agency spent £6,844.37 on advertising the post of Chief Executive. All other publicity and advertising expenditure
has been included in the reply given by the Minister of State for the Armed Forces.
Letter from P. R. Wildman to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about expenditure on publicity and advertising as this matter
falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive.
Military Survey's expenditure on publicity and advertising since 1993 is as follows:
1993-94: NIL
1994-95: NIL
1995-96: £16,737 incl VAT
1996-97: NIL
1997-98: £18,893.07 incl VAT (to-date; none further planned)
1998-99: NIL planned.
The expenditures were on recruitment advertising for civilian posts with the Agency.
Letter from M. I. Laurie to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about expenditure on publicity and advertising as this matter
falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Defence Intelligence and Security Agency. The Agency was formed on
1 October 1996 and the figures below represent expenditure after that date:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
£
(a) 1996-97 (October 96-March 97 2,686
(b) 1997-98 (to date) 5,370
(c) 1997-98 (full year estimate) 6,694
(d) 1998-99 (estimated) Nil
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
On its formation the Agency began a collocation programme, moving from five previous sites to one. The expenditure detailed above
relates to newspaper advertising of job vacancies at the new site.
Letter from G. Jones to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the expenditure on all forms of publicity and
advertising, by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies, in each of the last four financial years, the
current financial year to date with a full-year estimate, and that planned for 1998-99, for which figures are available, as these
matters fall within my responsibility as Chief Executive of the Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment Defence Agency.
Advertising by the Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment Defence Agency has, to date, been confined to that required for
the recruitment of civilian staff. We have no record of any expenditure prior to 1996-97 because most recruitment was conducted
centrally. In September 1996 the Agency was delegated additional responsibility for recruitment and, as a result, the expenditure on
recruitment advertising in 1996-97 was £61,685. In 1997-98 the expenditure to date has been £43,435, with a forecast for the
complete year of £120,000. Expenditure for 1998-99 is expected to be similar to that for the current year, but the funding is still
the subject of the 1998 Long Term Costing process.
Letter from D. D. Allan to Mr. Malcolm Bruce, dated 8 December 1997:
1. I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about estimates of expenditure on publicity and advertising
as this matter falls within my area of responsibility. I am replying in the absence of the Chief Executive of the Logistics Support
Services Agency who is away on business.
2. Our expenditure on publicity and advertising, both actual and estimate, is detailed in the table below and the figures are
exclusive of VAT.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Total
1993-94 0
1994-95 0
1995-96 0
1996-97 6,990
1997-98 (spend) 5,360.08
1997-98 (estimated) 8,100
1998-99 {1}--
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} Planned figures not yet accepted.
Subjects
Executive agencies; Expenditure; Government departments; Publicity; Non-departmental public bodies; Ministry of Defence
Date
8 December 1997
Reference
15269; 302 c441-9W
House
House of Commons
How many Ministry of Defence police constables on the complement were operating full-time within the Colchester Garrison on (a) 1st January and (b) 1st June; and what is the number planned for 1st October 1997.- Inc text of letter from J.A.Smallwood of Ministry of Defence Police Agency
How many Ministry of Defence police constables on the complement were operating full-time within the Colchester Garrison on (a) 1st January and (b) 1st June; and what is the number planned for 1st October 1997.- Inc text of letter from J.A.Smallwood of Ministry of Defence Police Agency
Asked by
Bob Russell
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Spellar
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
9 June 1997
Answered on
9 June 1997
Mr. Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Ministry of Defence police constables on the complement were
operating full time within the Colchester garrison on (a) 1 January and (b) 1 June; and what is the number planned for 1 October
1997. [2078]
Mr. Spellar: This is a matter for the Chief Constable and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency. I have asked him
to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from M. J. A. Smallwood to Mr Bob Russell, dated 9 June 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about Ministry of Defence Police at Colchester Garrison, on
behalf of the Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency, as this falls into his area of
responsibility. The Chief Constable/Chief Executive is away from the office at present.
There were 30 uniformed MOD Police officers of the rank of constable deployed at Colchester Garrison on 1 January and 25 on 1 June
1997. Based on current planning assumptions we anticipate that there will be 21 MDP constables deployed in and around the Colchester
Garrison area on 1 October 1997.
Subjects
Colchester; Ministry of Defence Police
Date
9 June 1997
Reference
2078; 295 c353W
House
House of Commons
What factors underlie the decision not to include a question relating to morale in the Staff Care Survey carried out by the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police; and what plans he has to carry out studies into morale within the MOD Police. - Text of letter from...
What factors underlie the decision not to include a question relating to morale in the Staff Care Survey carried out by the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police; and what plans he has to carry out studies into morale within the MOD Police. - Text of letter from...
Asked by
Gwyneth Dunwoody
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Soames of Fletching
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
13 March 1997
Answered on
13 March 1997
Subjects
Staff; Ministry of Defence Police; Job satisfaction
Date
13 March 1997
Reference
292 c333-4W;292 c334W; 19725;19726
House
House of Commons
If he will list the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture that (a) have been stolen and (b) are otherwise unaccounted for from his Department and its agencies during the past 12 months, listing by name any such items valued at £5,000 or more, and showing information...
If he will list the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture that (a) have been stolen and (b) are otherwise unaccounted for from his Department and its agencies during the past 12 months, listing by name any such items valued at £5,000 or more, and showing information...
Asked by
Ian McCartney
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
27 February 1997
Answered on
27 February 1997
Mr. Ian McCartney: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture
that (a) have been stolen and (b) are otherwise unaccounted for from his Department and its agencies during the past 12 months,
listing by name any such items valued at £5,000 or more, and showing information technology material separately. [17073]
Mr. Arbuthnot: A central record is not kept of individual items unaccounted for. All such cases are thoroughly investigated with a
view to establishing the facts and preventing a recurrence. Where a loss has occurred and recovery proves impracticable, the items
in question are written off, and the relevant appropriation account noted accordingly. Items over £100,000 value are reported and
noted individually.
Twenty items of equipment have been reported as stolen in the past 12 months, with an estimated value of £75,300. Two thermal
imagers and related items valued together at £69,589 were the only items valued at more than £5,000.
In addition, 29 items of information technology equipment have been reported as stolen in the past 12 months, with an estimated
value of £31,043. None of these had an individual value of £5,000 or more.
No thefts of furniture have been reported.
This information does not include any losses from defence agencies, I have asked the chief executives with relevant information to
write direct to the hon. Member.
Letter from J. A. Twewby to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture
that have been (a) stolen and (b) are otherwise unaccounted for during the past 12 months insofar as it applies to the Naval Bases
and Supply Agency (NBSA) as this matter falls within my area of responsibility.
The NBSA launched in December 1996 and is formed from a number of different management areas within the MOD. The exact information
you have requested is not readily available due to system changes, but the following information is available for this financial
year: (a) Three items have been stolen with a total value of £7,937.48 (VAT inclusive). None of these were information technology
items. No single item involved was valued in excess of £5,000. (b) Material losses authorised this financial year amount to 907
items with a total value of £2,709,597.09 (VAT inclusive). This figure includes losses caused by damage to equipment. There were no
losses of information technology equipment. Eleven of these cases involved items with an individual item value in excess of £5,000;
these are listed below.
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Item description Value £ (VAT inclusive)
Fixed probe assembly 9,839.45
Gyro and card set kit 14,414.90
Rudder servo (quantity 2) 20,201.77
Fan centrifugal (quantity 2) 11,376.35
Filter module 5,254.60
Actuator rotary 9,770.13
Regulator assembly 8,328.40
Lifting/load 7,032.38
Vector voltmeter 5,876.18
Transmitter 10,250.00
Radar platform 6,164.69
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Letter from R. H. Kyle to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
Items of equipment and furniture that have either been stolen or otherwise unaccounted for in the Royal Air Force Maintenance Group
Defence Agency
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about items of equipment and furniture that have been stolen,
lost or unaccounted for during the past 12 months because this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of
the Royal Air Force Maintenance Group Defence Agency. A list of all such items with an individual value exceeding £5,000 is given at
Annex A. Actual losses are rare; when compared with the amount of equipment issued (more than 1 million items), the figure of 29
represents only 0.003% of the total number. There have been no losses of information technology equipment.
Annex A: RAF MGDA equipment and furniture losses
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Serial number Item Value of the item £ Stolen yes/no
1 Flight compass 1081706 7,925 No
2 Value 118 7884 7,407 No
3 Transformer receiver 10D 9,666 No
9550582
4 Fairing assembly 1560 99 6,462 No
6131360
5 Screwjack assembly 1680 1591069 5,202 No
6 Pole assembly 26LX 6414634 6,487 No
7 Box assembly 26VC 23304 7,166 No
8 Coupling port 36DE 7752541 7,597 No
9 Leading edge 1560 99 6120145 6,221 No
10 Skin panel 26VC 8705542 11,005 No
11 Emruno 22MK2 11A 6345911 14,699 No
12 Nose cone 1560 01 2951228 35,849 No
13 Airbrakes Pt 1560 14 0416316 5,686 No
14 Housing 2915 14 419517 7,782 No
15 Nozzle port 26VN 7775986 6,035 No
16 Rodsighting 26DL 6011375 6,389 No
17 Brake unit 27G 1501909 5,948 No
18 Fan 5UD 4390830 5,695 No
19 Inverter 4F 513039 10,446 No
20 Jack airbrake 1650 99 733 9589 9,392 No
21 Fairing starboard 26VA 6057455 10,680 No
22 Standcocking 12A 9635240 6,130 No
23 Pump 37S 11568 18,495 No
24 Indicator B 110Q 6274221 8,187 No
25 Shaft assembly port 26VA 6,213 No
6049508
26 HPU fuel pump 4320 12 1931468 6,905 No
27 Case 136MG 379347 14,141 No
28 Batteries and transmitter 7,969 Yes
29 Message processor and video 21,900 Under investigation
receiver 1195 01 255823
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Letter from W. E. E. Boreham to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about stolen and unaccounted equipment and furniture, as this
falls into my area of responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence police Agency.
During the last twelve months I have identified the theft of one laptop computer, ten expandable batons, and one pair of handcuffs
complete with pouch. The total value of the stolen equipment was some £2,290,00.
Letter from P. R. Wildman To Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about items of equipment and furniture that have been stolen or
otherwise unaccounted for by his Department and its agencies as this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief
Executive of Military Survey Defence Agency.
One item of IT equipment has been stolen in the past twelve months with an estimated value of £500. No IT equipment was lost.
A small number of miscellaneous items were lost during the past twelve months. All cases were investigated and where recovery was
impracticable the items were written off. No item was valued at £5,000 or more.
No thefts of furniture have been reported.
This information is exclusive to Military Survey Defence Agency.
Letter from A. J. Stables to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture
that have been stolen or otherwise unaccounted for during the past 12 months, as this matter falls within my area of responsibility
as Chief Executive of the Royal Air Force Training Group Defence Agency.
There have been 30 items of equipment and furniture stolen during the period, for which the total estimated value was £20,048. This
includes a vehicle and its contents valued at £14,851.
Four items of information technology material valued at a total of £993 were unaccounted for, as were 378 other items of equipment
and furniture valued at a total of £13,610. In addition, a number of low cost cutlery items with a total estimated value of £1,032
were also unaccounted for.
Letter from W. H. J. Kelly to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
The Secretary of State for Defence has asked the Chief Executive of the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency (NRTA) to reply to your
Parliamentary Question, about the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture stolen or otherwise unaccounted for during the
past 12 months within the NRTA. I am replying on behalf of the Chief Executive in his absence.
18 items of equipment have been reported as stolen in the past 12 months with an estimated total value of £2,896.84. Two of these
items were furniture and one item was IT equipment. 101 items of equipment with an estimated value of £67,169.83 are unaccounted
for, however, none of these had an individual value of £5,000 or more.
I hope that this is helpful.
Letter from David G. Wadsworth to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence seeking information about the cost and number of items of
equipment and furniture that (a) have been stolen and (b) are otherwise unaccounted for during the past 12 months, insofar as this
matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of Service Children's Schools Agency.
During the past 12 months there have been 3 separate reported incidents of theft of equipment from schools within British Forces
Germany. The stolen equipment comprised of 8 individual items of classroom based Information Technology equipment at a total
estimated value of £5,400 and 3 individual items of classroom based audio visual aids at a total estimated value of £500. These
incidents were investigated by the Royal Military Police; however none of these items have since been recovered.
There has been no unaccounted losses to report against your point (b).
Letter from M. I. Laurie to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1979:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence concerning lost or stolen equipment as this matter falls within
my area of responsibility as the Chief Executive of the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre.
During the previous 12 months, three items of equipment have been stolen, with a total value of £3670. Two of these items were
laptop computers valued at £1736 each.
Letter from G. Jones to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence concerning the cost and numbers of items of equipment and
furniture that have been stolen or otherwise unaccounted for from his Department and agencies during the past 12 months, as these
matters fall within my responsibility as Chief Executive of the Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment Defence Agency.
Specifically, you asked for a listing, by name, of any such items valued at £5000 or more, with information technology material
shown separately.
During the last 12 months, 7 items, with a total value of £2848.10, have been unaccounted for at the Royal Air Force Signals
Engineering Establishment. None of the items were information technology material. Letter from R. V. Babington to Mr. Ian McCartney,
dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying in part to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about equipment and furniture that has been stolen or
unaccounted for, in relation to my area of responsibility as the Chief Executive of the Ships Support Agency.
In the last twelve months there have been four items of information technology material stolen, at a value of £800. Two items of
information technology material have also been lost or damaged during an attempted theft, at a value of £900.
Letter from John R. Prince to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about stolen and unaccounted items of equipment and furniture,
as this matters falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Army Technical Support Agency (ATSA).
From a capital asset base of approximately 10,000 lines, we have still to account for 2 items as follows:
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Item Value
1 video camera 1,000
1 notebook computer 1,000
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These are currently the subject of Ministry of Defence Police investigations. The asset base excludes furniture, which we do not
generally account for as it tends to be of low value.
Letter from P. D. Fulton to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence on office equipment and furniture that has been stolen or
otherwise unaccounted for during the last twelve months, for those areas that fall within my responsibility as Chief Executive of
the Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency (ABSDA).
To the best of my knowledge, following enquiries throughout the whole of ABSDA, office equipment to the value of £305 remains
unaccounted for, made up in the main of minor items such as calculators and mains adapters. There is no proof of theft and there
have therefore, been no criminal prosecutions. There have been no instances of information technology material going missing.
As a whole, office equipment in ABSDA, including information technology material, is well documented, highly visible and as a
result, appropriately safeguarded.
I hope this fully answers your query.
Letter from J. R. Drew to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
You asked the Secretary of State for Defence about the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture stolen from, or
unaccounted for by, his department and its agencies over the past 12 months. As this matter falls within my area of responsibility
as Chief Executive of the Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO), I am replying in respect of this agency.
Thirteen items of IT equipment valued at £14,595 were written off in FY96/97. These were stolen in one incident at one of our
Contract Repair Offices. This included a PC Server which originally cost £9,178. A full investigation by the police failed to shed
any light on the burglary or the perpetrators and gave no prospect of recovery.
There is no consolidated figure yet available for all stores losses in FY 96/97. The total amount written off in FY 95/96 for all
reasons was £24,545 covering 211 individual items. Letter from C. A. Gordon to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about losses and thefts of equipment and furniture form this
Agency over the last 12 months, as this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Deputy Chief Executive of the Army
Individual Training Organisation.
Records are maintained of all equipment and furniture stolen, irreparably damaged or unaccounted for, but they do no invariably
distinguish between these losses where the sums involved are small. Within these limits, the information you have requested is shown
below. You may, however, like to note that a large number of the items included in the Damaged or Unaccounted For column are small
items of cutlery etc of little intrinsic value.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Numbers of items: Total Individual items valued at
Stolen Damaged or unaccounted for value over £5000
79 1,960 149,448 (1) Victaulic pipe (£41,049)
(2) 110v power tools (£10,143)
(3) Night vision Goggles
(£13,438 (4) Digital master
unit (£9,151)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Included in the above are three items of IT equipment with a total value of £5243, which have all been stolen.
I hope this is helpful.
Letter from I. G. McIntyre to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence/Her Majesty's Government about the cost and number of items of
equipment and furniture that have been stolen or are otherwise unaccounted for during the last 12 months, as this matter falls
within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Defence Dental Agency.
Equipment and furniture lost or unaccounted for with the Defence Dental Agency is listed below: (a) Miscellaneous Medical/Dental
Equipment items x 32 = £2561.87 (b) Information Technology Material = £ NIL
I hope this is of help.
Letter from John Chisholm to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I have been asked to reply, on behalf of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), to your question asking for information
about property stolen or otherwise unaccounted for during the last twelve months.
DERA procedures identify two categories of equipment, items valued at more than £10,000 and items valued at less than £10,000. The
responsibility for maintaining registers, safeguarding equipment and investigating any losses relating to items valued at less than
£10,000 is devolved to a working level. There are more than 600 such registers kept within DERA. Items valued at more than £10,000
are recorded centrally, are routinely checked and any loss or damage investigation is notified centrally.
No items valued at £10,000 or more have been reported centrally as lost, stolen or damaged during the past twelve months. Because of
the devolved nature of the records held on equipment valued at less than £10,000 it has not been possible to collect this
information in the time available.
I am sorry that I cannot be more helpful on this occasion. Letter from Ron Smith to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the loss of equipment and furniture by Defence Agencies
as this matter, in respect of the Defence Secondary Care Agency (DSCA), falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of
the DSCA.
In the DSCA there were, in the last twelve months, 355 items unaccounted for to a total value of £11,644; of these, it is believed
none were stolen. In addition, there were three items of IT equipment unaccounted for (total value £2,200) and six IT items which we
believe were individually valued at £5K or over.
Letter from W. E. Speadbury to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
In the absence on duty of the Chief Executive, I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence concerning the
cost and number of items of equipment and furniture that have been stolen and are otherwise unaccounted for during the past 12
months.
I am pleased to report that during this period no equipment or furniture has been stolen or is otherwise unaccounted for.
Letter from F. A. Bush to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence, about stolen and unaccounted for equipment and furniture, as
this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Acting Chief Executive of the Defence Transport and Movements Executive
Agency.
During the last 12 months, we have identified the loss of 97 International Standards Organisation (ISO) containers, which are
missing following operations over the past 4 years in the former Republic of Yugoslavia. Their value is approximately £174K and
within this total there are 7 refrigerated containers, each valued at £5000 or more. Letter from B. E. Nimick to Mr. Ian McCartney,
dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture
that have either been stolen or otherwise unaccounted for as this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive
of the Medical Supplies Agency.
No such equipment or furniture has been reported stolen or unaccounted for over the past 12 months.
Letter from J. C. R. Hunt to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the cost and number of items of equipment and furniture
that have been stolen or unaccounted for during the last 12 months, as this falls within my area of responsibility as Chief
Executive of the Meteorological Office.
The type and value of equipment and furniture stolen from the Meteorological Office in the last year is as follows:
Dell Pentium PC and network card valued at £2,000
HP Laserjet 5 printer valued at £3,000
Dell PC valued at £1,500
Laptop stolen from employees' care valued at £2,000.
No other items are unaccounted for.
I hope this gives you the information you need. Letter from Mr. S. R. Hill to Mr. Ian McCartney, dated 27 February 1997:
1. I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the cost and number of items of equipment and
furniture that (a) have been stolen and (b) are otherwise unaccounted for during the past 12 months, as this matter falls within my
area of repsonsibility as Chief Executive of the Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation (NARO). 2. Four items only have been stolen,
amounting to a total value of £294.23.
Subjects
Costs; Executive agencies; Government departments; Furniture; Equipment; Ministry of Defence Police; Ministry of Defence; Offices; Theft; Defence Evaluation and Research Agency; Army Base Repair Organisation; Army Technical Support Agency; Defence Secondary Care Agency; Met Office; Service Children's Education; Defence Transport and Movements Executive; Naval Recruiting and Training Agency; Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency; Ships Support Agency; Naval Bases and Supply Agency; RAF Training Group; Army Individual Training Organisation; Defence Intelligence and Security Centre; Defence Dental Agency; RAF Maintenance Group; Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation; RAF Signals Engineering Establishment; Duke of York's Royal Military School; Medical Supplies Agency; Military Survey
Date
27 February 1997
Reference
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If he will list the private employment agencies used by his Department and its agencies in each of the last three years for which figures are available indicating (a) the names of the agencies, (b) the numbers employed by the agencies in work for his Department, (c) the total cost...
If he will list the private employment agencies used by his Department and its agencies in each of the last three years for which figures are available indicating (a) the names of the agencies, (b) the numbers employed by the agencies in work for his Department, (c) the total cost...
Asked by
Mike Hall
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
19 February 1997
Answered on
19 February 1997
Mr. Hall: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the private employment agencies used by his Department and its
agencies in each of the last three years for which figures are available, indicating (a) the names of the agencies, (b) the numbers
employed by the agencies in work for his Department, (c) the total cost to his Department of using employment agencies and the
median cost paid to the agency per person recruited and (d) the average length of contract for persons recruited via such agencies.
[16175]
Mr. Arbuthnot: The information on employment agencies used by MOD is not held centrally and could be provided only at
disproportionate cost. It is my Department's policy to use agencies on the following circumstances: to provide staff as an interim
measure where directly employed labour cannot be provided; to assist recruitment authorities on all or part of the recruitment
selection process, but most recruitment is undertaken in house.
Information, where available, in respect of defence agencies is a matter for the chief executive concerned, who will be writing to
the hon. Member separately.
Letter from C. A. Gordon to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of private employment agencies, as this matter
falls within my area of responsibility as the Deputy Chief Executive of the Army Individual Training Organisation.
This Agency came into being on 1 April 1996 and I am therefore quoting figures from that date. Details of this Agency's use of
private employment agencies are listed below:
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Agency Number supplied Contract period Cost £ Profession
Office Angels 1 12 months 1,500 Typist
Kellock Ltd. 3 12 months \ Clerical
Corinth Medical 1 12 months | Nurse
50,612
Select Appts 2 12 months / Stores
Reed Staffing 1 Not known 11,000 Nurse
Barkers Personnel 5 Various 3,580.72 Typist
HMR Employment 2 12 months 14,000 Nurse
Fleet Industrial 1 4 weeks 1,358 Chef
Actionline 1 3 months 1,910 Typist
Brook Street \ \
Index Recruitment | 28 weekly | Industrial
24,219
Stirling Rec / /
P and D Employment 7 weekly 7,638 Industrial
P and D Driving 2 3 weeks 1,568 Drivers
Barkers Personnel 2 3 weeks 1,347 Typist
Reed Employment 4 2 weeks 1,375 Clerical
Stirling Rec 1 11 weeks 2,926 Clerical
Stirling Rec 2 28 weeks 15,245 Clerical
Hays Accountancy 3 13 weeks 12,437 Accountants
Involve (BDT) 2 3 months 14,000 Lecturers
BNA 1 6.5 weeks 3,650 Nurse
Crown Nursing 1 29 weeks 14,150 Nurse
ADECCO UK 1 10 weeks 6,800 Safety Officer
ADECCO UK 1 6 weeks 7,800 Technical
ADECCO UK 1 3 weeks 2,900 Lecturer
Reed Employment 1 12 months 7,000 Typist
Reed Employment 1 3 months 5,000 Typist
Bucks and Berks 1 6 months 6,500 Typist
Bucks and Berks 1 5.5 months 5,500 Clerical
Reed Employment 1 12 months 14,000 Clerical
Reed Employment 4 10 weeks 7,542 Typist
Personnel Select 1 2 weeks 561 Typist
Crown Nursing 2 11 weeks 18,505 Nurse
Battleway 1 13 weeks 2,915 Labourer
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
I hope this information is helpful.
Letter from Mr. S. R. Hill to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
1. I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of employment agencies as this matter falls
within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation (NARO).
2. Attached is a summary of the statistics for this Agency.
Parliamentary Question no 3243H--Agency Staff
1. Agencies used in the last 3 years are:
Barker Personnel Services
Brook Street
J M Recruitment
Wise Employment
2. Numbers employed by the Agencies in NARO Fleetlands Division:
Barker Personnel Services: 1
Brook Street: 2
J M Recruitment: 6
Wise Employment: 1
3. Costs over the last 3 years are:
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Agency 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 Median cost (total cost
divided by number of
people
£ £ £ £
Barker Personnel Services 13,500 15,500 18,000 15,666
Brook Street nil 3,000 9,000 3,000
J M Recruitment nil nil 12,000 2,000
Wise Employment Nil nil 200 200
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4. The average length of contracts is as follows:
Barker Personnel Services: 1 year
Brook Street: 5 months
J M Recruitment: 1 month
Wise Employment: 1 week
Letter from J. R. Drew to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence asking him to list the private employment agencies used by the
department and its agencies in each of the last three years. For the Army Base Repair Organisation (ABRO) this matter falls within
my responsibilities as Chief Executive.
I have enclosed the details you requested on a separate sheet. It should be noted that the number of staff engaged through
employment agencies was unusually high in 1995-96 and 1996-97 because of the need temporarily to replace vital skills lost during
the rundown of ABRO Old Dalby, which closed at the end of December 1996.
ABRO: Use of employment agencies
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a. b. c.
Agencies used{1} Numbers of posts filled Cost{2} £
1994-95
Turner Charles Ltd., Staff UK, British 5 96,955
Nursing Corporation
1995-96
Turner Charles Ltd., Staff UK, British 30 205,514
Nursing Corporation, Kelly Services,
Matchmaker Personnel
1996-97
Turner Charles Ltd., Omega Personnel, Dargue 37 210,117
Staff, Select Appointments, Partners
Employment, Mitrem Employment Service,
Personnel Placements, British Nursing Co-op
Ltd., Kelly Services, Matchmaker Personnel
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
The average length of contract is 1 year 4 months. {1}The individual fees for companies are not given as they are commercially
confidential. {2} It is not clear what is meant by the median cost paid to the employment agency. The employment agencies are paid
an hourly rate for staff supplied.
Letter from Paul Altobell to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
PARLIAMENTARY ENQUIRY NUMBER 3243H
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about dealings with private employment agencies over the past
three years as this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Defence Analytical Services Agency.
We make only limited use of contract staff from private employment agencies, usually to deal with surges in our workload.
Unfortunately, our records are not kept in a form which would permit a precise answer to your question without incurring undue
expense. However, I hope the following information will meet your needs:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Agency Total expenditure £
1994-95{1}
Manpower 32,300.64
Josephine Sammons 4,347.93
Total cost for year 36,648.57
1995-96{2}
Manpower 30,630.98
Josephine Sammons 2,533.86
Total cost for year 33,164.84
1996-97{3}
Manpower 13,603.88
JM Recruitment 3,639.34
Total cost for year 17,243.22
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{1} Approximately four people were recruited during the year with an estimated median cost per week of £230.
{2} Approximately eight people were recruited during the year with an estimated median cost per week of £230.
{3} Approximately six people were recruited during the year with an estimated median cost per week of £250.
Letter from Julian Hunt to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about staff supplied by private employment agencies, as this
falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Meteorological Office.
The Meteorological Office use agencies only rarely and the information you requested is given below:
1996
(a) Manpower Josephine Sammons Employment Agency Hays Accountancy Personnel (b) 8 (c) £40,800 median £425 per week (d) 112 weeks
1995
(a) Manpower (b) 2 (c) £9,120 (d) 3 months
1994
Nil
I hope this gives you the information you require.
Letter from Chief Executive, Naval Bases and Supply Agency, to Mr. Mike Hull, dated 18 February 1997:
I am replying as the Chief Executive of the Naval Bases and Supply Agency to your question to the Minister of State for Defence
Procurement about private employment agencies.
The Naval Bases and Supply Agency launched in December 1996 and is formed from a number of management areas within the MOD.
Information such as you have requested was not previously held on a consistent basis, the attached charts give the information which
is available.
Private employment agencies used by NBSA
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1994-95 1995-96 1996-97
J. M. Recruitment
Number of staff employed 14 19 21
Total cost to the NBSA £16,176 £81,373 £63,211
Median cost per person £1,155 £4,282 £3,010
Average length of contract 1 month 4 months 3 months
Manpower
Number of staff employed 1 3 1
Total cost to the NBSA £884 £13,200 £7,263
Median cost per person £884 £4,400 £7,263
Average length of contract 3 weeks 4 months 6 months
Brook Street
Number of staff employed 1 nil nil
Total cost to the NBSA £162 nil nil
Median cost per person nil nil nil
Average length of contract 1 week nil nil
SMS
Number of staff employed 95 100 139
Total cost to the NBSA £40,150 £42,485 £68,932
Median cost per person £432 £425 £496
Average length of contract 2 weeks 2 weeks 2 weeks
Crown Nursing Agency
Number of staff employed nil nil 5
Total cost to the NBSA nil nil £7,712
Median cost per person nil nil £1,542
Average length of contract nil nil 3 days
TAV
Number of staff employed nil 3 nil
Total cost to the NBSA nil £12,320 nil
Median cost per person nil £4,106 nil
Average length of contract mil 4 months nil
HMS
Number of staff employed nil 3 nil
Total cost to the NBSA nil £14,960 nil
Median cost per person nil £4,987 nil
Average length of contract nil 4 months nil
Ross Campbell Associates
Number of staff employed 1 1 4
Total cost to the NBSA £2,000 £6,950 £21,250
Median cost per person £2,000 £6,950 £5,312
Average length of contract 8 weeks 30 weeks 16 weeks
Search Recruitment Selection
Number of staff employed nil nil 3
Total cost to the NBSA nil nil £12,800
Median cost per person nil nil £4,254
Average length of contract nil nil 14 weeks
South Hams Nursing
Number of staff employed nil nil 3
Total cost to the NBSA nil nil £10,680
Median cost per person nil nil £3,560
Average length of contract nil nil 3 months
Drake International
Number of staff employed nil nil 15
Total cost to the NBSA nil nil £32,400
Median cost per person nil nil £2,160
Average length of contract nil nil 4 months
AYS
Number of staff employed 45 75 83
Total cost to the NBSA £83,830 £147,790 £289,010
Median cost per person £1,863 £1,970 £3,482
Average length of contract 3 months 4 months 6 months
Alfred Marks
Number of staff employed 92 88 97
Total cost to the NBSA £141,790 £206,300 £319,200
Median cost per person £1,541 £2,344 £3,290
Average length of contract 3 months 4 months 6 months
Saltash Transport
Number of staff employed nil nil 216
Total cost to the NBSA nil nil £16,790
Median cost per person nil nil £77
Average length of contract nil nil 3 days
Ross Campbell Consultants
Number of staff employed Not available 2 3
Total cost to the NBSA Not available £2,900 £1,879
Median cost per person Not available £1,450 £626
Average length of contract Not available 5 weeks 2 weeks
Search Consultants
Number of staff employed Not available 7 3
Total cost to the NBSA Not available £10,997 £6,237
Median cost per person Not available £1,571 £2,079
Average length of contract Not available 2 months 2 months
Fife Nursing Services Ltd.
Number of staff employed Not available 4 7
Total cost to the NBSA Not available £2,303 £3,246
Median cost per person Not available £575 £463
Average length of contract Not available 1 week 1 week
Office Helpline
Number of staff employed nil 5 14
Total cost to the NBSA nil £13,339 £44,410
Median cost per person nil £2,667 £3,172
Average length of contract nil 10 weeks 19 weeks
Workforce
Number of staff employed nil 27 32
Total cost to the NBSA nil £71,398 £79,459
Median cost per person nil £2,644 £2,483
Average length of contract nil 10 weeks 19 weeks
Kellock
Number of staff employed nil nil 1
Total cost to the NBSA nil nil £6,242
Median cost per person nil nil £6,242
Average length of contract nil nil 10 weeks
Reed Staffing
Number of staff employed nil nil 1
Total cost to the NBSA nil nil £16,029
Median cost per person nil nil £16,029
Average length of contract nil nil 20 weeks
Medic International
Number of staff employed nil nil 1
Total cost to the NBSA nil nil £6,900
Median cost per person nil nil £6,900
Average length of contract nil nil 20 weeks
CSOHS Agency
Number of staff employed nil nil 1
Total cost to the NBSA nil nil £21,538
Median cost per person nil nil £21,538
Average length of contract nil nil 23 sessions (medical
practitioner)
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Letter from Graham Jones to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of private employment agencies, by his Department
and its agencies, in each of the last three years for which figures are available, as these matters fall within my responsibility as
Chief Executive of the Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment Defence Agency. Specifically, you asked for: the names of
the agencies; the numbers employed by the agencies in work for his Department; the total cost to the Department of using employment
agencies; the median cost paid to the agency per person recruited; and the average length of contract for persons recruited via such
agencies.
During the last 3 years the Royal Air Force Signals Engineering Establishment has used 5 private employment agencies--Piper Group
Ltd, RSD Technology Ltd, Turner Charles Ltd, Inter Europe Technical Services Ltd, Escom Technical Services--to provide professional
engineering staff to fill vacancies in the personnel establishment until full-time civil servants are recruited.
In 1994 these agencies supplied 38 personnel on an average contract length of 8 1/2 months. The total cost was £957,486, with a
median cost per agency of:
Piper Group Ltd: £26,274.
RSD Technology Ltd: £25,636.
Turner Charles Ltd: £30,856.
Inter Europe Technical Services Ltd: £7,596.
In 1995 these agencies supplied 52 personnel on an average contract length of 8 3/4 months. The total cost was £1,003,425, with a
median cost per agency of:
Piper Group Ltd: £26,641.
RSD Technology Ltd: £25,996.
Turner Charles Ltd: £11,412.
Inter Europe Technical Services Ltd: £2,809.
Escom Technical Services: £6,364.
In 1996 these agencies supplied 58 personnel on an average contract length of 7.45 months. The total cost was £1,310,206, with a
median cost per agency of:
Piper Group Ltd: £28,781.
RSD Technology Ltd: £29,722.
Turner Charles Ltd: £19,896.
Inter Europe Technical Services Ltd: £11,711.
Escom Technical Services: £24,877.
Letter from Richard Kyle to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
Private Employment Agencies used by the Royal Air Force Maintenance Group Defence Agency
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence concerning private employment agencies used by his Department's
Agencies because this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Royal Air Force Maintenance Group
Defence Agency.
The information readily available is given in the table at Annex A. As a number of the agency staffs are provided through call-off
contract arrangements to cover manpower shortages or peak production periods, the information on median costs and contract periods
for individual staff cannot easily be discerned, and is therefore not provided.
Employment agencies used by the RAF MGDA
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Agency name 1994-95 £ 1995-96 £ 1996-97 £ Total cost £ Numbers employed Average length
of contract
(where known)
Michael Page 39,250 70,819 23,521 133,590 2 --
Doyle Clutton 56,055 50,969 0 107,024 4 2 years
Accountancy Personnel 0 0 27,642 27,642 1 2 years
Read Catering 0 0 48,447 48,447 Average 2 --
Paul Mitchell Associates 6,063 8,470 0 14,533 1 5 months
(Leicester)
ACI (Huntington) 0 1,855 0 1,855 1 11 months
BNA (Peterborough) 0 47 1,773 1,820 1 --
Golden Key (Stamford) 0 0 962 962 1 --
Blue Arrow Personnel 0 0 28,154 28,154 1 8 months
Services
Hayes Accountancy 0 54,027 41,572 95,599 3 12 months
Personnel
Wynnwith Eng. Ltd. 0 {1}307,000 1,500 308,500 not available --
ORS Recruitment 0 0 9,000 9,000 1 6 months
MPI Aviation Ltd.{1} 0 0 717,670 717,670 Average 53 18 months
call-off
contract
MPI Aviation Ltd. 0 0 23,520 23,520 4 4 months
Total cost 101,368 493,187 923,761
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{1} This relates to the provision of agency manpower to meet fluctuating task levels.
Letter from Peter Foxton to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to the recent questions you tabled to the Secretary of State for Defence for those matters that fall within my area of
responsibility as Chief Executive of the Army Base Supply and Distribution Agency (ABSDA). You asked about the use being made of
private employment agencies to recruit staff for employment within Defence Agencies, ABSDA has only been in existence since April
1995 and in that time there has only been one occasion where private employment agencies have been requested to recruit staff, and
that was in 1996. The Occupational Health and Safety Bureau was tasked to provide a Grade E Nurse as a temporary measure due to
difficulties in recruiting full time personnel.
Recruitment and Assessment Services (RAS), a government agency, were requested in August 1996 to seek candidates for the position of
Chief Executive of ABSDA on the retirement of the incumbent. Between the selection procedure and my appointment RAS were privatised.
Therefore, you may wish to consider RAS a private employment agency.
The total cost, for both appointments, was £30,289. The length of contract was four months for the Nurse and three years for my
tenure of office.
I trust I have answered your questions satisfactorily.
Letter from D. L. Burden to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of private employment agencies by the Ministry of
Defence and its Agencies, in so far as it applies to the Army Personnel Centre as this matter falls within my area of responsibility
as Chief Executive of that Agency.
I should explain that the Army Personnel Centre (APC) formed as an agency on 2 December 1996 and received delegated personnel
management responsibility for civilian staff in the APC in Glasgow from 9 December 1996. I can confirm that the APC in Glasgow has
not engaged private employment agency staff.
In addition to the staff employed in the APC at Glasgow I also have residual responsibility for staff at a number of sites in
England currently involved in APC business. For the provision of civilian staff at Directorate of `A' Information Systems (Army),
Worthy Down, the now vacated sties (Earls Court and Stanmore) in London and the closing sites (Ashton-Under-Lyne, Leicester,
Chester, York and Exeter) in England, I was and remain reliant on the respective Civilian Personnel Management Authorities (CPMAs)
responsible for recruitment and management of staff within those areas. I envisage that the individual CPMAs will submit responses
for collation centrally and, to avoid the risk of duplication, the data on private employment agency staff who have been employed to
support the business of the APC at the closing sites would be incorporated into the MOD--collated return.
I hope this is helpful.
Letter from John Prince to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of private employment agencies, as this matter
falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Army Technical Support Agency (ATSA).
ATSA launched in October 1995 and, to date, have used 2 private employment agencies, as follows:
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Agency Number of employed Total cost £ Contract length
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
October 1995 to March 1996
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Job Spot 1 2,800 8 weeks
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
April 1996 to February 1997
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Job Spot 1 23,500 44 weeks
List Design Group 1 7,800 20 weeks
_________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Letter from John Chisholm to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
Your recent question asked for information about private employment agencies used by the Ministry of Defence and its Agencies
including numbers of staff employed from employment agencies, the cost of staff thus employed and the cost paid to the agency and
contract duration. I am replying on behalf of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA).
I am afraid that this information is not held centrally in DERA as all our business sectors are empowered to recruit their own
staff. The information you request could therefore only be collected at disproportionate cost.
All recruitment of permanent staff in DERA is through fair and open competition in accordance with Civil Service procedures. Where
private employment agencies are used it is either to complement other methods of advertising for staff or to meet short term
temporary requirements.
I am sorry I cannot be more helpful on this occasion.
Letter from T. McG. Brown to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I have been asked to reply to your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Defence, the Rt. Hon Michael Portillo MP,
regarding the use of private employment agencies within the MOD. As Chief Executive of the Defence Postal and Courier Services
Agency (DPCSA) I am responsible for recruitment and employment of staff within my Agency and I am therefore providing the details
you have requested in respect of my Agency.
The four employment agencies shown below have supplied temporary staff to DPCSA during the period from 1st January 1994 to 31st
December 1996. The total number of staff used from each agency during this period, the average length of contract, the cost per hour
(inclusive of VAT) and the type of employee supplied is also shown.
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Number supplied Contract period Cost (£/hour) Employee type
Bond Accountancy 1 3 months 20 Accountant
Hays Accountancy Personnel 1 5 months 25 Accountant
Manpower plc 32 4 days 7-8 Drivers
Josephine Sammons Limited 10 4 months 7-8 Clerical staff
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
The overall cost of using these staff is not separately identified. However most of these staff were used during 1996/97 and current
expenditure on temporary staff is approximately £45,000 per year. The overall cost of employing temporary staff is comparable with
the cost of equivalent permanent staff.
The agencies listed above are used to recruit temporary staff on a short term basis while permanent staff are being recruited. All
permanent staff are recruited from other areas of the MOD or directly by DPCSA via press advertisements, which are also sent to
local Job Centres. No permanent staff are recruited from private employment agencies.
I hope this information is helpful.
Letter from Ron Smith to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of private employment agencies by Defence
Agencies as this matter, in respect of the Defence Secondary Care Agency (DSCA), falls within my area of responsibility as Chief
Executive of the DSCA.
I regret, that the information requested, is not held in the form requested and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Letter from Alan Bush to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence, about the use of private employment agencies, as this matter
falls within my area of responsibility as Acting Chief Executive of the Defence Transport and Movements Executive Agency (DTMX).
A private employment agency has been used only once by DTMX in the last 3 years. We employed the Recruitment and Assessment
Services, Basingstoke, at a total cost of £14,822, to engage direct from Industry the Commercial Business Adviser to DTMX. The
individual concerned is employed on a contract of 2 years duration.
Letter from Malcolm Westgate to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of private employment agencies. This matter falls
to me as Chief Executive of the Disposal Sales Agency.
My organisation acquired Agency status in October 1994. The information you seek is given below, for the period October 1994 to
December 1996.
1. Names of agencies used, and numbers employed by each agency in each year.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
1994 1995 1996
Josephine Sammons 3 3 4
Manpower Services 1 1 0
Alfred Marks Western Systems 1 1 1
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
2. Cost of using employment agencies.
1994: £14,414.67
1995: £47,743.20
1996: £35,278.96
3. The median cost per person recruited was £264.
4. The length of the contracts ranged from 2 weeks to 2 years. The average length was 8 months.
Letter from John Clarke to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
You recently asked the Secretary of State for Defence a Parliamentary Question relating to the use by the MOD and its Agencies of
private employment agencies in each of the last 3 years. As this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of
the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office I have been asked to reply to you.
No private employment agencies were used in the years 1994 and 1995. On 1st April 1996 the UK Hydrographic Agency became a Trading
Fund Agency solely reliant for its funding on revenue from the sale of its products and services. It was therefore necessary to
build up very rapidly a more commercial awareness in the Agency and for that reason a number of Interim Managers were employed
through private employment agencies. In addition, one agency supplied a temporary employee to cover for short term absence. Details
of these are:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Agency name Numbers employed Median cost per person recruited £
Ashton Penney 3 58,044
Barton Interim Management 1 92,277
Parity Solutions 1 12,740
Eurolink Group plc 1 9,800
Western Staff Services 1 472.11
Harrison Willis Ltd. 1 26,892.53
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
The total cost to the UK Hydrographic Agency of using employment agencies in 1996 was £316,315.64p. This amount included charges in
respect of salaries paid to the recruits by the agencies but does not include VAT. The average length of contract was 19.4 weeks.
I hope this information has been helpful. Letter from Gordon Wilson to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence concerning the use of private employment agencies.
The information you require in respect of this Agency is as follows:
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Agency Numbers employed Cost £ Average cost per Average length of
employee contract
1993-94
ACE
Recruitment 1 2,375 2,375 15 weeks
BNA 1 553 553 2 weeks
CMS Employment 1 825 825 6 weeks
Barclays Comm Svcs 1 1,795 1,795 12 weeks
5,548
1994-95
BNA 1 1,314 1,314 5 weeks
CMS Employment 1 1,361 1,361 12 weeks
Byers Exec Svcs 1 288 288 2 weeks
Night Force 1 141 141 2 days
3,104
1995-96
BNA 1 8,295 8,295 22 weeks
Night Force 1 183 183 2 days
8,478
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Letter from Alan Pollard to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about use of private employment agencies. As
Chief Executive, this falls within my area of responsibility for the Logistic Information Systems Agency (LISA).
The Agency was formed in November 1994 and assumed full responsibility for personnel recruitment in April 1996. During 1996, the
Agency incurred expenditure of £830.76 + VAT to the Paterson Recruitment Agency of Bicester in recruiting one Administrative
Assistant on a permanent basis. In recent weeks I have authorised expenditure amounting to £33763.62 to the Recruitment & Assessment
Services for the coordination of a campaign to recruit up to 60 Higher Executive Officers and Executive Officers on a permanent
basis. The recruitment process is ongoing with results yet to be promulgated.
Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Letter from Stephen Campion to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of private employment agencies as this matter
falls within the area of responsibility of the Chief Executive of the Medical Supplies Agency, who is currently away from the office
on official duties.
The answers to your questions are that since the Agency was established in March 1996: (a) No permanent staff have been recruited
through private employment services. (b) A total of 4 industrial and 6 non-industrial casual staff have been recruited through one
private agency. (c) The costs of (b) above are £82,586.47 with the median cost paid to the agency being approximately £8,300.
(d) The average casual/temporary contract for these staff is 3 months (industrial) and 6 months (non-industrial).
Letter from Philip Wildman to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about private employment agencies used by his Department and
its agencies as this matter falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of Military Survey Agency.
The breakdown of the employment agencies and the costs are below. The median cost paid to each agency per person recruited in
1996-97 is £31,480 with an average length of contract of one year.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
Ser 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 Numbers 1996-97
1. Reed Staffing Reed Staffing Reed Staffing 3.5
2. {1}MTS \
3. {1}Forward Recruitment {1}Forward Recruitment |
|
50
4. Corporate Services Group Corporate Services Group Corporate Services Group |
|
/
5. Manpower plc Manpower plc 1
6. F I Recruitment 1
7. Alfred Marks
8. Pertemp
9. £623,460 £673,230 £699,596 55.5
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________.
{1} MTS, Forward Recruitment and Corporate Services Group are now one company. Figures include part-time contract staff.
Letter from Walter Boreham to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about private employment agencies, as this falls into my area
of responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency.
During the last three financial years I have used Belle Personnel, Key Personnel, Manpower Plc and Josephine Salmons employment
agencies, who provided a total of 8 persons, at a cost of some £51,000.
I do not use the services of employment agencies to recruit permanent staff but rather to provide personnel to fill short term
vacancies.
Letter from John McAnally to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
The Secretary of State for Defence has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Question, about the use of employment agencies in
each of the past three years, in my capacity as Chief Executive of the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency (NRTA).
I am afraid that it is not possible to provide you with the information in the format requested. The NRTA was created from the Flag
Officer Training and Recruiting (FOTR) Command area on 1 April 1995 and, therefore, has not been in existence for three years,
however, the following information has been compiled from the combined FOTR and NRTA use of employment agencies since 1994: (a)
Agencies Used:
South Hams Nursing Agency
Crown Nursing Agency
Personnel Selection
Primary Management
Alfred Marks
AYS Recruitment Agency
Manpower plc
Office Angels (b) Total Number of Personnel Employed: 92 (c) Total Cost: £172,908 (Median Cost Per Person: £407.17) (d) Average
Length of Contract: 1 1/2 months.
You may be interested to note that, wherever possible, a competitive tendering process is used to identify the most cost-effective
employment agency. In cases where there may be an ongoing requirement for agency personnel (e.g., Nurses), the negotiation of a
longer term contract (say, for three years) is likely to result in more competitive prices than would be the case in ad hoc
arrangements.
I hope that this is helpful.
Letter from A. J. Stables to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of private employment agencies, as this matter
falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Royal Air Force Training Group Defence Agency. The names of the
agencies which have ben used are as follows:
Alfred Marks
Anaesthetists Agency
Angela Shaw Associates
Beaver Employment
Blue Arrow Catering Services
Brook Street Bureau plc
Defcon Security Services
Gibson Oliff Recruitment
Hamlin Nursing Agency
Hayes Accountancy Personnel
Jenrick Ltd.
Pertemps
Toner Graham
Travail
The total number of private agency staff employed over the last 3 years was 109; 29 of them were employed during financial year
1994-95, 32 in 1995-96 and 48 in 1996-97. The costs during these years were approximately £102K, £132.5K and £147.7K respectively; a
total of £382.2K over the period. The median cost paid to the agencies per employee was approximately £3.5K. As far as can be
determined from the information available, the average length of contract per person was just over 7.5 weeks.
I am sending a copy of this letter to my Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
Letter from Roger Babington to Mr. Mike Hall, dated 19 February 1997:
I am replying in part to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the use of private employment agencies, as this
is related to my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of the Ships Support Agency.
The Ships Support Agency was launched on 11 December 1996 and since that time has used two employment agencies, the details of which
are provided below:
1. (a) Ross Campbell Consultants Limited (b) Two people employed (c) Total cost £3,552, cost per employee £1,776 (d) Average
contract length of employees ten months
2. (a) Alfred Marks (At Your Service) (b) Three people employed (c) Total cost £8,086, cost per employee £2,695 (d) Average contract
length of employees 5.5 months
(The cost per employee is the exact cost to the Department and not the median).
Subjects
Contracts; Costs; Executive agencies; Civil service; Employment; Government departments; Employment agencies; Recruitment; Staff; Ministry of Defence Police; Ministry of Defence; Defence Evaluation and Research Agency; Army Technical Support Agency; Defence Secondary Care Agency; Met Office; UK Hydrographic Office; Defence Postal and Courier Services; Defence Transport and Movements Executive; Naval Recruiting and Training Agency; Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency; Ships Support Agency; Naval Bases and Supply Agency; Army Personnel Centre; RAF Training Group; Army Individual Training Organisation; RAF Maintenance Group; Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation; RAF Signals Engineering Establishment; Logistic Information Systems Agency; Disposal Sales Agency; Defence Analytical Services Agency; Duke of York's Royal Military School; Medical Supplies Agency; Military Survey; Animal Breeding Research Organisation
Date
19 February 1997
Reference
16175; 290 c640-52W
House
House of Commons
If he will list the number and location of his Department's police within the Scottish Highlands and Islands. - Text of letter from W E E Boreham of the Ministry of Defence Police. Inc fact that there are no Ministry of Defence Police officers stationed in the Scottish Highlands and...
If he will list the number and location of his Department's police within the Scottish Highlands and Islands. - Text of letter from W E E Boreham of the Ministry of Defence Police. Inc fact that there are no Ministry of Defence Police officers stationed in the Scottish Highlands and...
Asked by
Charles Kennedy
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Lord Soames of Fletching
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
20 January 1997
Answered on
20 January 1997
Mr. Charles Kennedy: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number and location of his Department's police
within the Scottish highlands and islands. [11898]
Mr. Soames: This is a matter for the chief constable/chief executive of the Ministry of Defence Police agency. I have asked the
chief constable/chief executive to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from W. E. E. Boreham to Mr. Charles Kennedy, dated 20 January 1997:
I am replying to your Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the number and location of Ministry of Defence Police
officers located in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, as this falls into my area of responsibility as Chief Constable/Chief
Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency.
There are no Ministry of Defence Police officers stationed in the Scottish Highlands and Islands.
Subjects
Highlands of Scotland; Ministry of Defence Police; Scottish islands
Date
20 January 1997
Reference
11898; 288 c453W
House
House of Commons
Which establishments his Department plans to be covered by the area policing team based at Chilwell/Chetwynd Barracks; what are proposed authorised complements for Depts area policing teams at Dishforth, Donnington and Chilwell; what area policing team complements at Dishforth, Donnington and Chilwell will be introduced; and what assessment Dept has...
Which establishments his Department plans to be covered by the area policing team based at Chilwell/Chetwynd Barracks; what are proposed authorised complements for Depts area policing teams at Dishforth, Donnington and Chilwell; what area policing team complements at Dishforth, Donnington and Chilwell will be introduced; and what assessment Dept has...
Asked by
Paddy Tipping
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Soames of Fletching
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
18 December 1996
Answered on
18 December 1996
Subjects
Staff; Ministry of Defence Police; Dishforth Airfield; MOD Donnington; Chetwynd Barracks
Date
18 December 1996
Reference
287 c626-7W; 9692;9696;9697;9698
House
House of Commons