Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2018 to Question 141014, on Official Cars, what the total number of civil servants who have been provided with a car to carry out duties is; and what the pay grade is of each of those civil servants.

Around 240 Ministry of Defence civil servants have been allocated an official car to enable them to carry out essential duties including security, welfare, chaplaincy, safety, training and recruitment. Over 200 are security service engineers who provide security services to all of Government and the Royal palaces. The cars are held by the individual until the conclusion of their tenure in the role. Their grades are primarily bands D(EO), C2((HEO) and C1(SEO), and skill zone equivalents.