To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time taken was to fill
vacancies for (a) Administrative Assistant/Administrative Officer, (b) Executive Officer,
(c) Senior Executive Officer/Higher Executive Officer, (d) Grades 6 and 7 civil servants
and (e) Senior Civil Service grade positions in his Department in each of the last
five financial years.
<p>Information can only be provided for the last four financial years as the current
recruitment system was introduced in April 2014. The average time taken to fill a
vacancy has been calculated in working days from the date the vacancy was advertised
to the date a provisional offer was made to a candidate.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
rowspan="2"><p>Grade Band</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Financial Year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative
Assistant/Administrative Officer</p></td><td><p>35.2</p></td><td><p>38.0</p></td><td><p>38.7</p></td><td><p>39.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Executive
Officer</p></td><td><p>37.8</p></td><td><p>40.9</p></td><td><p>42.8</p></td><td><p>42.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior
Executive Officer/Higher Executive Officer</p></td><td><p>39.1</p></td><td><p>44.1</p></td><td><p>42.9</p></td><td><p>43.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grades
6 and 7</p></td><td><p>48.9</p></td><td><p>49.8</p></td><td><p>47.4</p></td><td><p>53.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>* Excludes Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) vacancies as DE&S ceased
using the Civil Service broader banded grades in April 2017</p><p> </p><p>The information
on the average time taken to fill vacancies for the Senior Civil Service is not held
in an easily accessible format. I will write to the hon. Member with the information
shortly.</p><p> </p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the average time
taken has been to date to fill vacancies for (a) Administrative Assistant/Administrative
Officer, (b) Executive Officer, (c) Senior Executive Officer/Higher Executive Officer,
(d) Grades 6 and 7 civil servants and (e) Senior Civil Service grade positions in
his Department.
<p>The Department of Exiting the European Union continues to recruit the brightest
and the best talent from across the civil service, the wider public sector and the
private sector.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government Recruitment Service
(GRS) runs a number of our recruitment campaigns. Based on the data provided by GRS
the average length of time taken to fill vacancies since the Department was set up
in 2016 is as follows -</p><p> </p><p>a. Administrative Assistant/Administrative Officer
- local campaigns - non GRS</p><p>b. Executive Officer - local campaigns - non GRS</p><p>c.
Senior Executive Officer/Higher Executive Officer - 49 days</p><p>d. Grades 6 &
7 - 47 days</p><p>e. Senior Civil Service grade positions - 29 days</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The figures for (c) and (d) are predominately based on large campaigns
which are usually run over a period of time and can therefore increase the overall
average length of time of some campaigns compared to other government departments
which use the central government recruitment system for all campaigns.</p><p><strong>
</strong></p><p>The Department manages all other recruitment campaigns across all
grades locally and does not collect the data electronically through local campaigns,
so is unable to calculate the time taken to fill vacancies without a disproportionate
cost being incurred by the Department.</p><p> </p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the average
time taken was to fill vacancies for (a) Administrative Assistant/Administrative Officer,
(b) Executive Officer, (c) Senior Executive Officer/Higher Executive Officer, (d)
Grades six and seven civil servants and (e) Senior Civil Service grade positions in
his Department in each of the last five financial years.
<p>The average recruitment time to fill vacancies has been calculated as the time
from when the campaign was launched to contract start time. This includes the time
it takes to get security clearance. For permanent Foreign and Commonwealth Office
staff security clearance is at the highest level, Developed Vetting (DV). We only
have detailed records back to 2014/2015. The following table shows the average times
to fill vacancies, by grade, for the past four financial years:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Grade</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Administrative
Officer</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>6
months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Executive officer</strong></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>3
months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Higher / Senior Executive Officer</strong></p></td><td><p>8
months</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>5 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grades
6 / 7 Officers</strong></p></td><td><p>8 months</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>6
months</p></td><td><p>4 months</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Senior Civil Service</strong></p></td><td><p>8
months</p></td><td><p>5 months</p></td><td><p>6 months</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the average time
taken was to fill vacancies for (a) Administrative Assistant/Administrative Officer,
(b) Executive Officer, (c) Senior Executive Officer/Higher Executive Officer, (d)
Grades six and seven civil servants and (e) Senior Civil Service grade positions in
her Department in each of the last five financial years.
<p>DFID does not hold this information. DFID follows Civil Service Recruitment principles
and targets a maximum of 8 weeks for cross government staff to join and 12 weeks for
staff joining new to the Civil Service. The time frame is dependent on the individual's
notice period required, security and medical clearance and any other relevant checks
to confirm employment.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many regular army service leavers from
(a) Infantry, (b) Royal Artillery, (c) Royal Corps of Signals, (d) Army Medical Services,
(e) Adjutant General's Corps, (f) Royal Armoured Corps, (g) Army Air Corps, (h) Royal
Engineers, (i) Royal Logistics Corps, (j) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
and (k) Intelligence Corps in each of the last five years have subsequently rejoined
the (i) regular army (ii) army reserve.
<p>The following tables show the number of regular Army service leavers from the requested
Regiments or Corps for the last five years who have subsequently rejoined the Regular
or Reserve Army, data is as at 31 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Regular
Army Service Leavers who Re-joined the Regular Army:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year of Outflow</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Household
Cavalry/Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal
Regiment of Artillery</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps
of Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal
Corps of Signals</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army
Air Corps</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal
Logistic Corps</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army
Medical Services</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Royal
Army Medical Corps</em></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>
Royal Army Veterinary Corps</em></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>
Royal Army Dental Corps</em></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps</em></p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps
of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant
General Corps</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence
Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Regular
Army Service Leavers who Re-joined the FR20 Reserves:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Year of Outflow</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Household
Cavalry/Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal
Regiment of Artillery</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps
of Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal
Corps of Signals</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>320</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army
Air Corps</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal
Logistic Corps</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>160</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army
Medical Services</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>Royal
Army Medical Corps</em></p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>
Royal Army Veterinary Corps</em></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>
Royal Army Dental Corps</em></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps</em></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps
of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant
General Corps</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence
Corps</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p>Outflow figures are from the trade trained Regular Army
(previously known as trained, ie after completion of Phase 2 training), and therefore
exclude Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) and Gurkhas (but include those individuals
who have transferred from Brigade of Gurkhas to Regulars) and untrained personnel.</p><p>
</p><p>Figures include untrained and trained personnel who re-entered between 1 January
2013 and 31 December 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Arm/Service refers to the Arm/Service on
outflow from the Regular Army, the Arm/Service on re-entry may not be the same.</p><p>
</p><p>Future Reserves 2020 includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness
Reserve and Volunteer Reserve personnel serving on ADC or FTRS contracts and some
Sponsored Reserves. Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure, ensure confidentiality;
numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to
prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately
and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</p><p> </p><p>“-” denotes zero
or rounded to zero.</p><p> </p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the implications are for the work
of the Single Source Regulations Office on the procurement of the establishment of
the Submarine Delivery Agency.
<p>All eligible single source contracts placed by the Submarine Delivery Agency will
be covered by the single source procurement legislation. The Single Source Regulations
Office will have the same role on these contracts as they do with other such contracts.</p>
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Raytheon Sentinel R1 radar surveillance
aircraft are currently deployed in support of Operation Shader.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take
to maintain capabilities currently provided by RAF Sentinel R1 aircraft after 2021.
<p>I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my noble Friend, the Minister of
State for Defence, the right hon. Earl Howe to the noble Lord, Lord Moonie of Bennochy
to Question HL3584 in the House of Lords.</p>
