Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer 17 November 2021 to Question 73729, on Army: Costs, what recent estimate he has made of the average cost to his Department of employing a civilian personnel; and what estimate he has made of that cost in each year between 2016-17 and 2020-21.
The Department reports a median of the total remuneration of civilian staff as part of the Accountability Report - Pay Multiples analysis included in our Annual Report and Accounts. The following reflects an extract from the published Annual Report and Accounts (ARAc) from 2016-17 to 2019-20. The 2020-21 ARAc is subject to final review and approval and will be published shortly.
| 2019-20 | 2018-19 | 2017-18 | 2016-17 |
Median total remuneration of civilian staff | 31,392.86 | 30,192.96 | 29,828.00 | 29,188.47 |