Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much time off in lieu has been taken by staff in her Department in each of the last five years.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Time Off in Lieu is offered as an alternative to paid overtime where an individual works beyond conditioned hours or on days they would not normally be required to work.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) ensures compliance with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998 in respect of civil servants' working hours and it is the responsibility of all line managers to ensure employees are not working excessive hours in line with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998.
The MOD is also committed to ensuring the wellbeing of staff and take action to ensure staff are able to maintain a satisfactory work/life balance
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate she has made of the amount of unpaid overtime worked by staff in her Department in the last 24 months.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has made no estimate of unpaid overtime, as this information is not collected. However, it is the responsibility of all line managers to ensure employees are not working excessive hours, in line with the requirements of the Working Time Regulations 1998.
The MOD is committed to the wellbeing of its staff, and to ensure staff are able to maintain their work/life balance.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people working on developing New Style of Information Technology Deployed are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Ministry of Defence has the following personnel developing New Style of Information Technology Deployed:
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people working on New Style of Information Technology (Base) are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Ministry of Defence has the following personnel working on New Style of Information Technology (Base):
17 people are contingent labour and 59 people are civil servants.
Information on supplier resource could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people working on developing Contracting, Purchasing and Finance are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
At present there are nine civil servants and one supplier resource working on developing the latest release of Contracting, Purchasing & Finance. There is no contingent labour at this time.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people working on developing the Future IT Sourcing Programme are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Ministry of Defence does not recognise the term 'Future IT Sourcing' Programme.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people working on developing the Wildcat Programme are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Wildcat programme is currently in the in-service phase. At present the Wildcat Delivery Team consists of 82 civil servants and one contingent labour resource. It also comprises 440 supplier resources, which includes subcontractors. Project team numbers can fluctuate depending on demand.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people working on developing MODnet Evolve are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource (c) civil servants.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Ministry of Defence has the following personnel developing MODNet Evolve:
Please note in addition to the numbers above there are two technical support work packages that support the programme on an outcome only basis. These are not counted as contingent labour as individuals are not paid on a time and materials basis. There are around 26 people that support these work packages.
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the value of contracts held by his Department with (a) Deloitte, (b) Slaughter and May and (c) Mott MacDonald is in the last two years.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
In the last two years, the value of the contracts held by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) with Deloitte was £58.948 million, and those with Mott MacDonald totalled £120.275 million.
The MOD has held no contracts with Slaughter and May within the last two years.
Information about the contracts that we place with industry is available on GOV.uk as part of our MOD Trade, Industry and Contracts statistics:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/defence-trade-and-industry-index
In addition, MOD contracts worth over £10,000 are published on the Government's Contracts Finder website, which is available on GOV.uk at: https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
Asked by: Jon Trickett (Labour - Normanton and Hemsworth)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the corrected Answer of 22 January 2019 to Question 206251, how many civil servants in his Department were working part or full-time on projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio in (a) June 2016 and (b) December 2018.
Answered by Stuart Andrew - Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
The Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) is a continually evolving portfolio of the government's most complex and high-risk projects. In June 2016, the Ministry of Defence was working on 33 projects which are part of the GMPP, and for December 2018 this figure was 35.
There will have been a number of civil servants working on these projects, either directly or indirectly, at any one time. This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.