{"value":{"id":1694792,"askingMemberId":483,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2024-03-08T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2024-03-13T00:00:00","uin":"17716","questionText":"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.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4519,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2024-03-13T00:00:00","answerText":"

The average number of full-time equivalent posts filled in each financial year since 2018-19 is:

2018-19

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

Permanent

10,149

10,263

10,348

10,272

10,258

Contingent Labour

211

643

699

657

971

Contingent Labour encompasses individuals temporarily employed, through a variety of schemes, to deliver activity which might otherwise be carried out by permanent DE&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.

Figures for 2023-24 are not available at this time.

A record of the number of staff who deliver outputs for Defence Equipment & Support through a private sector support contract is not held centrally, and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

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