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1697437

registered interest
date	20/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed in the domain commercial (a) air and (b) ships team in Defence Equipment and Support on average in each year from 2019 to 2024 as of 20 March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	19553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2024 answer text <p>The number of Full Time Equivalent employed in the commercial teams requested, in each Financial Year (FY) since 2019 as at 31 March, is detailed in the tables below. The figures include civilian and military employees, and workforce substitutes.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2023-24 will not be available until the end of the FY.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Air and Ships Domain</p></td><td><p>Air Support</p></td><td><p>Combat Air</p></td><td><p>Land Equipment</p></td><td><p>Weapons</p></td><td><p>Helicopters</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td colspan="6"><p>880.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td colspan="6"><p>915.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td colspan="6"><p>874.19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>FY</p></td><td><p>Ships Domain</p></td><td><p>Air Domain / Support</p></td><td><p>Combat Air</p></td><td><p>Land Equipment</p></td><td><p>Weapons</p></td><td><p>Helicopters</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>196.19</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>187.64</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>284.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>208.3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>183.28</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>336.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Commercial people for the above areas are deployed across DE&amp;S, into different teams, as and when required. The data provided above is the most detailed information available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Integrated battlespace commercial</p></td><td><p>Logistics delivery commercial</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>Team did not exist</p></td><td rowspan="3"><p>Team did not exist</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>115.65</p></td><td><p>43.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>115.94</p></td><td><p>40.33</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 19554 19555 19556 19557 19558 19559 19560 19788 question first answered 02/04/2024 15:34:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1696740

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed in the salvage and marine operations team at Defence Equipment and Support in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	19001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>The number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employed in the naval ships delivery group and the salvage and marine operations team in each financial year since 2019 as at 31 March, is detailed in the table below. The figures include civilian and military employees, and workforce substitutes.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2023-24 will not be available until the end of the FY.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Naval Ships Delivery Group</p></td><td><p>Salvage and Marine Operations</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>228.4</p></td><td><p>186.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>263</p></td><td><p>112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>253.4</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>330.5</p></td><td><p>85.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>322.1</p></td><td><p>99.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge grouped question UIN 19261 question first answered 26/03/2024 16:47:41 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1682509

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
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 12 January 2024 to Question 7289 on Ministry of Defence: Staff, what steps his Department takes to monitor the number of diversity and inclusion (a) advisers and (b) practitioners employed by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	9763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>The Diversity and Inclusion Adviser and Practitioner roles are not full-time staffed positions, rather they are people who have completed a Defence training course and are available to provide advice to our staff on an ad-hoc basis. It is not possible to estimate how many hours our staff dedicate to these voluntary roles as some advisers and practitioners are utilised more often than others.</p><p> </p><p>We do not employ diversity and inclusion advisers on a full-time basis. Defence has dedicated diversity and inclusion policy staffs that provide advice and guidance to staff undertaking adviser and practitioner work in addition to their primary role. Training is available to anyone across the organisation who wishes to become an adviser or practitioner, regardless of their profession. We are therefore able to ensure that all parts of the MOD can utilise the valuable resource that these volunteers provide.</p><p> </p><p>We do not centrally record the number of diversity and inclusion advisers and practitioners in the Department. This is because they are not full-time roles, rather they are voluntary duties undertaken by colleagues who want to learn more about diversity and inclusion and bring that knowledge and advice back to their teams once they have completed a skills-based training course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 9760 9761 question first answered 24/01/2024 11:24:44 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1678514

registered interest
date	18/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many diversity and inclusion (a) advisers and (b) practitioners have been employed by his Department in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	7289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my previous answer provided to 186813 on 9 June 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to making changes required to create a more inclusive environment, enabling everyone, irrespective of background, to deliver our Defence outputs, enhance our operational effectiveness and better defend and represent the nation.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 7485 question first answered 12/01/2024 10:36:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 186813 - Ministry of Defence Equality.docx title Ministry of Defence; Equality
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1677469

registered interest
date	12/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which major projects in his Departments do not have a full time senior responsible officer.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	6403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2023 answer text <p>Infrastructure and Projects Authority guidance requires all of our major programmes to have a Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) who allocates at least 50% of their time to leading their programme.</p><p> </p><p>The allocation of time is based on the scope, scale, complexity and maturity of the programme and is agreed by the Chief Executive of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority, the Accounting Officer(s) and the Senior Responsible Owner.</p><p> </p><p>As a result, major programmes that have been agreed as needing only a part time SRO are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>A400M</p></td><td><p>Maritime Electronic Warfare</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armour Main Battle Tank</p></td><td><p>Martlet</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ballistic Missile Defence Radar</p></td><td><p>Mechanised Infantry Vehicle</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brimstone 3</p></td><td><p>Mensa</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinook Capability Sustainment</p></td><td><p>Meteor</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Collective Training Transformation</p></td><td><p>Mine Hunting Capability</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Core Production</p></td><td><p>Naval Support Integrated Global Network</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crowsnest</p></td><td><p>New Medium Helicopter</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Defence Estates Optimisation</p></td><td><p>New Style of IT (Deployed)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E-7 Wedgetail</p></td><td><p>Project Bramley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>European Common Radar System</p></td><td><p>Protector</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fleet Solid Support</p></td><td><p>Sea Venom</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Combat Air</p></td><td><p>Skynet 6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Cruise Anti Ship</p></td><td><p>Spear Cap 3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Defence Infrastructure</p></td><td><p>Spearfish Upgrade</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Materials Campus</p></td><td><p>Submarine Waterfront Infrastructure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ground Based Air Defence</p></td><td><p>Submersible Ship Nuclear (AUKUS)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Joint Crypt Key</p></td><td><p>Teutates</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance</p></td><td><p>Type 26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lightning</p></td><td><p>Type 31</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/12/2023 15:41:27 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1675005

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they believe that the Ministry of Defence still needs to employ 60,000 civilian personnel, in the light of the declining number of regular forces.
tabling member printed	Lord Lee of Trafford
uin	HL825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The size of the Regular Armed Forces and that of the Civilian workforce are not directly linked.</p><p> </p><p>The breadth of tasks performed by Civilians in the MOD is significant; they perform over 200 different, vital roles and are key to the delivery of Defence outputs. Defence is unique in that it comprises a variety of workforce types including Civilians and both Regular and Reserve Service Personnel, which together, as the ‘Whole force’ is essential for providing the critical services which Defence delivers on behalf of the nation.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Chancellor’s announcement on 2 October regarding the immediate cap on Civil Servant headcount over this spending review and further reductions longer term, Defence is engaging in broader strategic workforce planning activity to ensure it plays its part in delivering increased productivity and efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>Defence, in line with other Government departments, segments its Civilian workforce by profession. The breadth of tasks performed by Civilians in the MOD is illustrated in ‘Defence in Numbers’ which shows some of the main professions that make up the Defence workforce. For security purposes we have not provided information about the number of Civil Servants who work in sensitive roles.</p><p> </p><p>(Source: Defence in Numbers 2022 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1137992/UK_Defence_in_Numbers_2022.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1137992/UK_Defence_in_Numbers_2022.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto grouped question UIN HL826 question first answered 18/12/2023 16:45:58 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	1132 label Biography information for Lord Lee of Trafford

1675006

registered interest
date	04/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what broad categories of employment the 60,000 civilian personnel employed by the Ministry of Defence fall into.
tabling member printed	Lord Lee of Trafford
uin	HL826
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2023 answer text <p>The size of the Regular Armed Forces and that of the Civilian workforce are not directly linked.</p><p> </p><p>The breadth of tasks performed by Civilians in the MOD is significant; they perform over 200 different, vital roles and are key to the delivery of Defence outputs. Defence is unique in that it comprises a variety of workforce types including Civilians and both Regular and Reserve Service Personnel, which together, as the ‘Whole force’ is essential for providing the critical services which Defence delivers on behalf of the nation.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Chancellor’s announcement on 2 October regarding the immediate cap on Civil Servant headcount over this spending review and further reductions longer term, Defence is engaging in broader strategic workforce planning activity to ensure it plays its part in delivering increased productivity and efficiency.</p><p> </p><p>Defence, in line with other Government departments, segments its Civilian workforce by profession. The breadth of tasks performed by Civilians in the MOD is illustrated in ‘Defence in Numbers’ which shows some of the main professions that make up the Defence workforce. For security purposes we have not provided information about the number of Civil Servants who work in sensitive roles.</p><p> </p><p>(Source: Defence in Numbers 2022 <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1137992/UK_Defence_in_Numbers_2022.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1137992/UK_Defence_in_Numbers_2022.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto grouped question UIN HL825 question first answered 18/12/2023 16:45:58 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	1132 label Biography information for Lord Lee of Trafford

1672208

registered interest
date	22/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed to his Department's Defence Resilience Team in each from 2019 to 2023 to date.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	3114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to developing and promoting resilience within Defence to mitigate against acute disruptive events, enhance our operational efficiency and deliver our Defence outputs.</p><p>Defence has a central policy team that sets the minimum resilience standards that should be met across Defence as well as undertaking resilience risk assessments and resilience planning. Defence resilience policy mandates that all Top Level Budget holders and Enabling Organisation Chief Executives appoint a Resilience Focal Point whose primary duties are Resilience and Business Continuity focused. In addition, there are also a large number of personnel who carry out Resilience and Business Continuity work as a secondary duty to their main job role. These figures do not include the dedicated crisis team that was put in place to execute the Defence Resilience and Business Continuity response to COVID.</p><p>The table below shows the number of people employed in Defence's central resilience policy team and as Resilience Focal Points between 2019 and 2023.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Central Policy Team</p></td><td><p>Resilience Focal Points</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>19.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>20.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/12/2023 11:49:44 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1666872

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian and (b) military personnel work in finance roles in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	203997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>On the 30 of September 2023, there were 2,942 civilian personnel working in finance roles in the Ministry of Defence.</p><p> </p><p>The Civilian Finance workforce data is extracted from the Civilian HR system and analysed on a quarterly basis.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/10/2023 12:28:45 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1666873

registered interest
date	24/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian and (b) military personnel work in accountancy roles in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	203998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Government Finance Function has developed a career framework for Civilian Finance personnel. Within the career framework, there is set taxonomy that states which roles require a qualification. Within the Civilian finance workforce, there are 257 civilians working in roles that require the Level 7 finance qualification, and a further 1582 civilians working in roles where the Finance qualification (Level 4 and Level 7) is recommended.</p><p> </p><p>The Civilian Finance workforce data is extracted from the Civilian HR system and analysed on a quarterly basis. Military data is not held in the format requested and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 26/10/2023 12:39:45 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey