Question to the Ministry of Defence:
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.
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.