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.
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.