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999171

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the gender balance percentage is of full-time permanent contract staff in his Department.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	186361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>The estimated gender balance percentages for Ministry of Defence civilian employees, as at 31 October 2018, are provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Contract Types</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Permanent Contract, Civilian Employees (Full-Time Only)</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Temporary Contract Civilian Employees (Full-Time and Part-Time)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gender</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>Female</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Percentage</p></td><td><p>63.9</p></td><td><p>36.1</p></td><td><p>60.1</p></td><td><p>39.9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 186362 question first answered 09/11/2018 14:25:14 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

984938

registered interest
date	10/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what change there has been in staffing levels in his Department since June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	177727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Details of changes to Armed Forces staffing levels since June 2016 can be found via the links below:</p><p><strong>Armed Forces Personnel</strong></p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-2016</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-2017*</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2018</p><p>*The publication of Armed Forces staffing levels changed from monthly to quarterly following the release of the 1 October 2017 edition.</p><p><strong>Civilian Personnel</strong></p><p>Details of MOD civilian staffing levels are published within the Biannual Civilian Personnel Report (BCPR). A link to the BCPR can be found below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-statisticsindex</p><p>Prior to the biannual change on 1 April 2018, civilian personnel statistics were published quarterly in the Quarterly Civilian Personnel Report; a link to these historic reports can be found below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-statistics-index</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/10/2018 12:11:53 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

972504

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff (a) are employed directly by (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	174096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of staff employed directly by the Department as at 1 April 2018 is 56,870. This is published in the Biannual Civilian Report, the April 2018 version of which can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-report-2018</p><p>There are currently 112 individuals in the Department who are seconded from other organisations.</p><p>The number of people who work under contract in the Department is not held in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 25/10/2018 14:03:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew previous answer version 78302 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

964051

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 15 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel in his Department perform an administrative role.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	169195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold this information in the format requested for military personnel.</p><p>The number of MOD civilian personnel within MOD Main Top Level Budgetary areas identified as administrative support as at 1 April 2018 was 4,703. This does not include Trading Fund organisations, the Defence Equipment and Support Bespoke Trading Entity, locally engaged civilians, and Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 11/09/2018 16:14:06 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

890451

registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to make up its shortfall in personnel.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	137559
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to maintaining the overall size of the Armed Forces. The Services are meeting all their current commitments. To help address Armed Forces manning challenges the Ministry of Defence has introduced its Armed Forces People Programme to modernise the employment offer including scope for flexible working and a new Forces' Accommodation Model. The individual Services have also implemented a wide range of programmes including:</p><p>The Royal Navy/Royal Marines have the Personnel Recovery Programme which includes initiatives to improve inflow (gains to trained strength); throughflow (changes to training pipelines, promotions and accelerated throughput); and outflow (improving retention and reducing voluntary outflow).</p><p>The Army is implementing improvements to recruitment and training policy and practices; targeted financial retention incentives; and a strategy to attract personnel to re-join the Army.</p><p>The RAF has established Enterprise Collaboration Teams to oversee a range of recruitment initiatives for critical skills groups, including the appointments of Specialist Recruitment Teams for hard to recruit branches and trades, BAME and female personnel. A new initiative has also been introduced to encourage personnel to re-join the Service.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 02/05/2018 15:26:04 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

839198

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the monthly civilian staff cost to his Department was for (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff, including (i) contingency and (ii) consultancy staff in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The information on non-payroll staff is published and can be found on the gov.uk website at the link below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management-information-mod</p><p>Information for May to December 2017 will be published by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/02/2018 17:06:44 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

839200

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-payroll staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	127757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The information on non-payroll staff is published and can be found on the gov.uk website at the link below:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/workforce-management-information-mod</p><p>Information for May to December 2017 will be published by the Cabinet Office.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/02/2018 17:05:25 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

805438

registered interest
date	12/12/2017
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, with reference to paragraph 4.61 of the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review, what the reason was for the increase of 710 civilians employed by his Department as set out in the Quarterly Location Statistics of 1 October 2017.
tabling member constituency	West Dunbartonshire
tabling member printed	Martin Docherty-Hughes
uin	119109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence has made a robust start in delivering the ambitious headcount and financial targets set in the 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review and 2015 Spending Review, and has a number of programmes and projects currently under way, as part of the Department’s commitment to improving the efficiency of Defence business. There have, however, been recent manpower increases for value for money reasons; for example, to reduce costs in Defence Equipment and Support, more expensive private sector support partners are being replaced by appropriately trained, but significantly less costly, civil servants. The underlying trend on Civil Service headcount across Defence as a whole is firmly downward.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 20/12/2017 15:52:55 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4374 label Biography information for Martin Docherty-Hughes

776138

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
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, what steps his Department is taking to retain personnel with significant cyber knowledge and expertise.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	109150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Identifying, developing and retaining cyber expertise remains a high priority for Defence. The Defence Cyber Programme is responsible for developing and delivering a sustainable cyber profession. We work with a variety of stakeholders on a number of initiatives across Defence, allies, wider Government, academia and industry.</p><p>A Defence Cyber Aptitude Test has been developed for the Ministry of Defence to enable us to identify personnel with the latent talent suitable for selection to undertake training for specialist cyber roles.</p><p>The new Defence Cyber School located at Shrivenham will be at the forefront of the development and delivery of coherent cyber training across Defence and wider Government. The Defence Cyber Skills Competence Framework is aligned with industry skills frameworks to enable us to identify and track personnel with varying levels of cyber knowledge and expertise.</p><p>Analysis has shown that development and delivery of a sustainable cyber career is a key element in retaining cyber Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP). The Cyber Professional Employment Model alongside other initiatives is being utilised to develop and begin to assure a career pathway for cyber professionals.</p><p>The Cyber Reserves also provide opportunities for Defence to retain cyber SQEP otherwise due to leave the Services: personnel with the appropriate cyber skillsets can apply for transfer to the Cyber Reserves, having left regular Service and while undertaking civilian cyber employment.</p><p>Defence deeply values the cyber knowledge and expertise of our staff, and works continually to monitor and enhance the methods in place in order to retain these skills.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 30/10/2017 16:07:20 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

753421

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
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 officials of his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies have the word trade in their job title.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	5736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2017 answer text <p>As of 30 June 2017 a total of 1,063 civilian employees were recorded as having the word 'trade' in the job code description field on the Department's human resource management system.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 25/07/2017 14:19:22 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil