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1019846

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date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacant civilian staff full-time equivalent posts Defence Equipment and Support has had in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Defence Equipment and Support now operates a balanced matrix approach to the deployment of personnel, which means that people will frequently move to different assignments based on prioritisation of customer needs. Consolidated information on the number of vacancies in the organisation is therefore not held.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:10:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1019847

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vacant civilian staff full-time equivalent posts Defence Equipment and Support has backfilled with contractors or contingent labour in each of the last three years; and what the cost to the public purse was of those arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2018 answer text <p>Contingent labour is only used for instances where Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) does not have the specialist skills it needs in-house, or for urgent requirements where normal recruitment activities would not fill the post in time with a civilian or military employee.</p><p> </p><p>The cost and average number of contingent labour personnel used by DE&amp;S in each of the last three financial years is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cost (£ million)</p></td><td><p>27.8</p></td><td><p>42.6</p></td><td><p>27.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average number (Full time equivalent)</p></td><td><p>254</p></td><td><p>358</p></td><td><p>292</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 12/12/2018 15:08:12 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1019849

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Defence Equipment and Support apprentices left that organisation before completing their apprenticeships in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Information on the number of Defence Equipment and Support apprentices who left the organisation before completing their apprenticeships since 2015 is in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Engineering</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed</strong></p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>84.4%</p></td><td><p>83.4%</p></td><td><p>92.1%</p></td><td><p>97.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Left organisation before completion</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>15.6%</p></td><td><p>16.6%</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td><td><p>2.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Project professionals</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>81.9%</p></td><td><p>84.6%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Left organisation before completion</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>18.1%</p></td><td><p>15.4%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Finance</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Intake</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>80%</p></td><td><p>81.9%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Left organisation before completion</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Percentage</strong></p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>18.1%</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:08:42 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1019851

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average salary increase was for each grade Defence Equipment and Support employee in 2016.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, the average salary increase across all grades of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) employees was 1.35%. Given the changes to the DE&amp;S pay arrangements since this period, a more detailed breakdown of this increase would require significant manual analysis of historical records and, as such, an analysis by grade could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:09:23 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1019857

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment & Support: Personnel Management
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the new performance management system in Defence Equipment and Support on the provision of support to the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Caerphilly
tabling member printed	Wayne David
uin	198740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The priority for Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) is the safe provision of world-class procurement and support to the Armed Forces. The DE&amp;S performance management system, which is designed to enable the organisation to recruit and retain the specialist skills it needs, is just one element that contributes to delivery performance. This performance is measured through an integrated set of key performance indicators (KPI), progress against which is published in the DE&amp;S Annual Report and Accounts. KPI 1 reflects delivery performance to the Armed Forces, and this shows that DE&amp;S continues to achieve or exceed its targets.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:04:50 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1398 label Biography information for Wayne David

1019913

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2018 to Question 157650 on Nuclear Weapons: Safety, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Leeds North East with the requested information.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North East
tabling member printed	Fabian Hamilton
uin	198734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2018 answer text <p>I wrote to the hon. Member on 20 August 2018 and a copy of my letter was placed in the Library of the House (Deposit ref: DEP2018-0862).</p><p>A copy of my letter is attached.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/12/2018 16:32:35 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew attachment 1 file name 20180820-PQW 17-19 2018 08485-Fabian Hamilton MP 001.pdf title 157650 - Follow up letter on Nuclear weapons
tabling member	415 label Biography information for Fabian Hamilton

1019930

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Integrity Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) funded, (b) awarded contracts to and (c) procured the services of the Integrity Initiative in each financial year since 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Chris Williamson
uin	198814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has no record of any payments and/or contracts with The Integrity Initiative.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 16:20:01 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	3976 label Biography information for Chris Williamson

1019934

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warrior Vehicles: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Financial Summary of the Defence Equipment Plan 2018, what the timeframe is for his Department to conclude negotiations with the Prime Contractor of the Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	198771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>Formal engagement with the prime contractor on manufacture negotiations will be subject to satisfactory progress being made in the Demonstration Phase. Those negotiations will conclude when the Ministry of Defence believes it has secured a value for money commercial agreement.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:05:17 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1019940

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Vacancies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Financial Summary of the Defence Equipment Plan 2018, what the shortfall is in the manning of the New Style of IT (deployed) project.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	198772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The shortfall in manning of the New Style of IT (Deployed) project within Information Systems and Services referred to in the Financial Summary of the Defence Equipment Plan 2018 was 16. This consisted of five Crown Servant positions and 11 contractor positions.</p><p>The personnel requirement continues to be closely managed to ensure the appropriate numbers of resources are provided.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 10/12/2018 17:07:45 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1019952

registered interest
date	04/12/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's Financial Summary of the Defence Equipment Plan 2018, which capabilities that are uneconomic to maintain is his Department considering to remove from service earlier than planned.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	198773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>We always keep our military capabilities under constant review to ensure they continue to deliver the required military effect and value for money. Since the financial summary of the Equipment Plan was published, the Chancellor has pledged an extra £1 billion to the Ministry of Defence over the next two years which, on top of the £800 million increase this spring, represents a substantial financial boost and reaffirms our commitment to protecting national security.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 11/12/2018 16:21:19 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith