Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people working on the Digital Services at the Border programme are classed as contingent labour.

The exact number of contingent labour staff within the Programme varies dependent on the specific expertise required during the lifecycle of the Programme. Contingent Labour staff are used to provide specific, time-limited expertise, from a pool of specialists offering skills that the Civil Service can draw from when and as needed, rather than employing these specialists on a permanent basis including during periods when their skills are not needed.

As at the 25^th October 2018, DSAB had engaged under contract a total of 20 contingent labour contractors.