Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) his Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department are paid less than the Living Wage.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The table below shows the number of civilian staff, proportion and their gender, employed by the Ministry of Defence and its Agencies who are paid less than the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) as a living wage.
Department/Agency | Numbers paid less than LWF London Rate of £9.15 per hour | Numbers paid less than LWF National Rate of £7.85 per hour | Number of Female Staff | Number of Male staff | Number of staff as a proportion of the civilian workforce |
Ministry of Defence | 50 | 900 | 420 | 530 | 2.1% |
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office | 0 | 20 | ~ | 20 | 2.0% |
Defence Support Group | 0 | 50 | 10 | 40 | 1.79% |
Defence Science & Technology Laboratory | 0 | 50 | 20 | 40 | 1.42% |
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Figures are as at 8 December 2014.
~ = less than 5.
Contracted workers’ rates of pay, where paid by their parent company or recruitment agency, are not visible to the Department. Neither are the rates of staff working for companies contracted by my department or its agencies.
The information in respect of ethnicity is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) his Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department who are paid less than the Living Wage are (i) women and (ii) men.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The table below shows the number of civilian staff, proportion and their gender, employed by the Ministry of Defence and its Agencies who are paid less than the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF) as a living wage.
Department/Agency | Numbers paid less than LWF London Rate of £9.15 per hour | Numbers paid less than LWF National Rate of £7.85 per hour | Number of Female Staff | Number of Male staff | Number of staff as a proportion of the civilian workforce |
Ministry of Defence | 50 | 900 | 420 | 530 | 2.1% |
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office | 0 | 20 | ~ | 20 | 2.0% |
Defence Support Group | 0 | 50 | 10 | 40 | 1.79% |
Defence Science & Technology Laboratory | 0 | 50 | 20 | 40 | 1.42% |
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Figures are as at 8 December 2014.
~ = less than 5.
Contracted workers’ rates of pay, where paid by their parent company or recruitment agency, are not visible to the Department. Neither are the rates of staff working for companies contracted by my department or its agencies.
The information in respect of ethnicity is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The information requested is shown in the tables below.
Proportion of Ministry of Defence Civil Servant disciplinary cases in which subject was White British
2009/10 84.7%
2010/11 83.7%
2011/12 82.3%
2012/13 76.8%
2013/14 78.1%
Proportion of Ministry of Defence Civil Servant conduct dismissal cases in which subject was White British.
2009/10 77.2%
2010/11 86.5%
2011/12 68.9%
2012/13 81.1%
2013/14 72.6%
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The information requested is shown in the tables below.
Proportion of Ministry of Defence Civil Servant disciplinary cases in which subject was White British
2009/10 84.7%
2010/11 83.7%
2011/12 82.3%
2012/13 76.8%
2013/14 78.1%
Proportion of Ministry of Defence Civil Servant conduct dismissal cases in which subject was White British.
2009/10 77.2%
2010/11 86.5%
2011/12 68.9%
2012/13 81.1%
2013/14 72.6%
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets his Department has for increasing diversity; and what progress has been made on meeting those targets in the last year.
Answered by Anna Soubry
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not have targets for increasing diversity.
In 2012 the MOD published its Strategic Equality Objectives in accordance with the statutory requirements flowing from the Equality Act 2010 to promote equality. These objectives, including the advancement of equality of opportunity, were endorsed by the Defence Board to reflect the fact that the duty to promote equality sits squarely at the top of the Department.
In September 2013, the Permanent Secretary and Chief of the Defence Staff announced the establishment of a Defence Diversity and Inclusion Programme, with the aim of making a tangible and meaningful change in the MOD's approach to diversity and diversity outcomes.
The primary aim of the programme is to make the workforce more representative of society at all levels, and metrics will be used to measure success.
The MOD publishes a biannual breakdown of diversity statistics which contains analysis of all diversity categories for both civilian and Service Personnel. The most recent report, published on 29 May 2014, can be found at the following address: http://www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/combined/diversity-dashboard
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what consideration his Department gives to the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations when considering their bid for commercial contracts or grants.
Answered by Philip Dunne
The Ministry of Defence will consider the diversity policies and records of businesses or other organisations where they are relevant and proportionate to the subject matter of the contract, and seeking best value for money in procurement.