Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2017 to Question 110195, whether his Department funds redundancy payments to staff employed by his Department's contractors when redundancies are made as a direct result of the termination or change to a Government contract; and whether those costs were included in that answer.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) may fund redundancy costs to contractors in certain circumstances. The nature of the contract and the specific circumstances of the termination or change would determine exactly how compensation, including any potential redundancy costs, would be calculated. Such costs were not included in the previous answer as that referred solely to the MOD's civilian employees.