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1694792

registered interest
date	08/03/2024
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 (a) permanent and (b) contracted staff there were in Defence Equipment and Support in each year since 2019.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	17716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2024 answer text <p>The average number of full-time equivalent posts filled in each financial year since 2018-19 is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Permanent</strong></p></td><td><p>10,149</p></td><td><p>10,263</p></td><td><p>10,348</p></td><td><p>10,272</p></td><td><p>10,258</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Contingent Labour</strong></p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p>643</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>971</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Contingent Labour encompasses individuals temporarily employed, through a variety of schemes, to deliver activity which might otherwise be carried out by permanent DE&amp;S staff. This may be for a number of reasons, for example due to a lack of required skills in the existing workforce, or because the need itself is temporary.</p><p>Figures for 2023-24 are not available at this time.</p><p>A record of the number of staff who deliver outputs for Defence Equipment &amp; Support through a private sector support contract is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 13/03/2024 14:53:00 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1683448

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
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, with reference to page 11 of the Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, for which three key themes did DE&S not record a positive shift in its latest People Survey.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	10386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2024 answer text <p>The three themes that did not record a positive shift in the 2022 survey were 'Leadership &amp; Managing Change', 'Learning &amp; Development' and 'Resources &amp; Workload'. These three themes each kept the same scores as in the 2021 survey.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 26/01/2024 14:27:29 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1683449

registered interest
date	18/01/2024
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, with reference to page 11 of the Defence Equipment and Support Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, what steps he has taken to encourage staff to voice concerns.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	10387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>I have personally expressed the importance of ensuring staff felt able to voice concerns at a DE&amp;S “Town Hall” meeting in November 2023.</p><p>As well as speaking to their management chain, staff have a number of formal and informal routes to raise behaviour which falls outside our values, including the MOD Helpline, the Employee Assistance Programme and in-house mediation service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 05/02/2024 16:58:25 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1624017

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2023 to Question 181899 on Defence Equipment and Support: Staff, what the average length of time was the Defence Equipment and Support employed contractors for since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	182776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>The average length of time for which contractors have been engaged is not a standard measurement criterion for Defence Equipment and Support. Therefore, the information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 09/05/2023 08:15:35 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1624018

registered interest
date	26/04/2023
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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2023 to Question 181899 on Defence Equipment and Support: Staff, how many contractors were employed at Defence Equipment and Support in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	182777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2023 answer text <p>The numbers of contractors engaged per year as Contingent Labour to fill funded posts within Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) on a short-term basis since Financial Year 2010-11, are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Number*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>358</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>699</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>657</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* This is an average figure over the course of a year.</p><p> </p><p>The number of contractors engaged to provide Public Sector Support to supplement DE&amp;S capacity and capability to manage its programme of work and support business improvement and change programmes is not recorded by DE&amp;S.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 02/05/2023 11:24:23 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1612881

registered interest
date	20/04/2023
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 (a) contractors and (b) permanent staff are employed by Defence Equipment & Support.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	181899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2023 answer text <p>As of 31 March 2023, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) employed 11,972 permanent staff.</p><p> </p><p>Figures for permanent staff include both civilian and military personnel. In addition, 1,107 contractors are employed as Contingent Labour which is used to fill funded posts within DE&amp;S on a short-term basis.</p><p> </p><p>Contractors are also engaged to provide Private Sector Support (PSS), which is defined by DE&amp;S as external support to supplement DE&amp;S capacity and capability to manage its programme of work. It may also include support to business improvement and change programmes. PSS delivers contracted outputs via several arrangements, including the Delivery Partner arrangement and the Crown Commercial Services framework.</p><p> </p><p>DE&amp;S Staff numbers are published annually as part of the DE&amp;S Annual Reports and Accounts, which are available on Gov.uk at: Defence Equipment &amp; Support annual report and accounts: index - GOV.UK (<a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CSimon.Kinsey630%40mod.gov.uk%7Cdfd4255142814f4a012008db45a893ae%7Cbe7760ed5953484bae95d0a16dfa09e5%7C0%7C0%7C638180362673361417%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=24hAK1vnn4Z%2BR3OSUV5lZfTBRSJ706L77S891SZGURs%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a>).</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 25/04/2023 16:27:09 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1540279

registered interest
date	07/11/2022
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, whether the number of staff at DE&S has increased in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	80625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2022 answer text <p>On a like-for-like basis, the average number of full-time equivalent staff, employed by Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S), has increased from 11,035 staff in financial year 2017-18 to 11,318 staff in financial year 2021-22.</p><p>The recorded figure for financial year 2017-18 was 12,358, but this included 1,323 staff from the Submarine Delivery Agency.</p><p>These figures include both civilian and military personnel but exclude contingent labour which is used to fill funded posts within DE&amp;S on a short-term basis.</p><p>DE&amp;S Staff numbers are published annually as part of the DE&amp;S Annual Reports and Accounts, which are available on Gov.uk at: Defence Equipment &amp; Support annual report and accounts: index - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p> answering member constituency Cheltenham answering member printed Alex Chalk question first answered 11/11/2022 10:56:54 answering member 4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1352572

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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 staff are employed by Defence Equipment and Support.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	41718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>As at 31 August 2021, Defence Equipment &amp; Support (DE&amp;S) employed 10,653 permanent or fixed-term appointment staff (civilian), with 7,892 employed at Abbey Wood. There were 2,761 staff based elsewhere within the UK and 35 staff based overseas.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there are 1,237 military posts in DE&amp;S with 721 personnel based in Abbey Wood, 470 personnel based elsewhere in UK and 46 personnel based overseas.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin grouped question UIN 41722 question first answered 13/09/2021 09:48:34 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1352575

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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 (a) three star or equivalent posts, (b) two star or equivalent posts and (c) one star or equivalent posts there are in Defence Equipment and Support.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	41720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>The current number of Three Star, Two Star and One Star posts (and their equivalents) within Defence Equipment and Support can be found within the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Posts</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Three Star</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Two Star</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>One Star</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 13/09/2021 09:43:44 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1352576

registered interest
date	03/09/2021
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 staff employed at Defence Equipment and Support are in salary bands of £100,000 or more per annum.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	41721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2021 answer text <p>There are 47 civilian staff, employed by Defence Equipment and Support (DE&amp;S) who are in salary bands of £100,000 or more per annum.</p><p> </p><p>Of the military posts in DE&amp;S, 24 personnel are in salary bands of £100,000 or more per annum.</p> answering member constituency Horsham answering member printed Jeremy Quin question first answered 13/09/2021 13:34:56 answering member 4507 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Quin
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois