Defence Equipment & Support: Staff

(asked on 19th March 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed in the weapons engineering team at Defence Equipment and Support in each year since 2019.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 27th March 2024

The number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employed within the complex weapons delivery, complex weapons portfolio, weapons engineering and weapons support future enterprise teams in each Financial Year (FY) since 2019 as at 31 March, is detailed in the table below. The figures include civilian and military employees and workforce substitutes.

Figures for 2023-24 will not be available until the end of the FY.

Financial Year

Complex Weapons Delivery

Complex Weapons Portfolio

Weapons Engineering

Future Enterprise

2018-19

Team did not exist

21.33

115.46

Team did not exist

2019-20

4.00

21.22

126.94

Team did not exist

2020-21

5.00

12.00

119.68

12.11

2021-22

5.00

14.81

132.25

24.03

2022-23

18.65

12.65

130.25

30.89

Note: The numbers employed in the Weapons Support team is not held in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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