Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was to his Department of its e-bluey contract in each of the last 10 years; and how many e-blueys were sent in each of those years.
The number of e-blueys sent in each of the last 10 years is set out below.
Calendar Year | Number of e-blueys |
2007 | 1,227,452 |
2008 | 986,473 |
2009 | 978,890 |
2010 | 971,285 |
2011 | 952,696 |
2012 | 832,035 |
2013 | 643,959 |
2014 | 173,622 |
2015 | 42,329 |
2016 | 36,279 |
Because we are working on a number of possible options to improve welfare connectivity on deployed operations, the cost of the current contract with SuperLetter.com is commercially sensitive.