Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 182777

Defence Equipment & Support: Staff

Tabled: 26 April 2023

Answered: 2 May 2023

Named Day

Question

John Healey

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.

Answer

James Cartlidge

The numbers of contractors engaged per year as Contingent Labour to fill funded posts within Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) on a short-term basis since Financial Year 2010-11, are as follows:

Financial Year	Number*
2010-11	488
2011-12	390
2012-13	330
2013-14	617
2014-15	498
2015-16	292
2016-17	358
2017-18	254
2018-19	211
2019-20	643
2020-21	699
2021-22	657

* This is an average figure over the course of a year.

The number of contractors engaged to provide Public Sector Support to supplement DE&S capacity and capability to manage its programme of work and support business improvement and change programmes is not recorded by DE&S.

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