Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many unpaid internships there are in his Department.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
There are no unpaid internships. The Civil Service runs the Summer Diversity Internship Programme, which is a two month placement and is paid. The Civil Service also runs the Early Diversity Internship Programme which is for a week only (and more akin to work experience) - it provides expenses to encourage applications and ensure there is no financial loss.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people employed in human resources roles in his Department have (a) prior experience and (b) qualifications in human resources.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Records of prior Human Resources (HR) experience and qualifications in HR, for people employed in HR roles in the Civil Service, are not held centrally within the Ministry of Defence. The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what official contingency plans his Department had in place prior to the referendum result planning for the eventuality of a vote to leave the EU.
Answered by Julian Brazier
None.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants in his Department are paid through limited companies.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
No civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence are paid through limited companies.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff in his Department were (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The table below shows the number of payroll and non-payroll appointments made by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) in each of the last six Financial Years (FY).
FY | Payroll staff | Non-Payroll staff |
2010-11 | 66,187 | 1,571 |
2011-12 | 62,736 | 1,701 |
2012-13 | 54,973 | 1,764 |
2013-14 | 52,992 | 3,440 |
2014-15 | 52,278 | 3,739 |
2015-16 | 52,295 | 3,646 |
Off-payroll workers play an important role in helping the MOD meet short term needs for specialist advice and interim service.
Information about the MOD’s senior payroll appointees engaged for over £220 a day for more than six months, and those of its Arm’s Length Bodies have been published in the relevant Annual Reports and Accounts since FY 2012-13.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on non-payroll staff in his Department in 2015-16.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The amount spent on non-payroll staff in 2015-16 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of his Department's (a) Senior Civil Servants and (b) core policy civil servants are based in London.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
In the Ministry of Defence (MOD), 31.3% of Senior Civil Servants and those of an equivalent grade, primarily Senior Medical Specialists, are based in London.
The proportion of MOD civil servants employed in policy roles is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield Heeley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many employees in his Department have (a) taken the CESG Certified Cyber-Security Training Course and (b) received other relevant cyber-security training.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
CESG certify a range of cyber security training courses, such as the Open University Introduction to Cyber Security and the MSc in Cyber through Cranfield University. As most employees complete these courses in their own time, it is not a requirement to record it on departmental systems. It would be impossible to present accurate statistics for their take-up as this information is either not held, or not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
All users of MOD IT systems, some 255,000 people (both civilian and military), are mandated to undertake the Defence Information Management Passport, an e-learning course, which includes a cyber security element. In addition all Services have now implemented Cyber Awareness Training across their Single Service introductory training. Further, a range of cyber security material is promulgated, including briefings, online and hardcopy materials, in order to maintain awareness across Defence.