Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed in the future capability group at Defence Equipment and Support on average in each year from 2019 to 2024 as of 20 March.
The number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employed within the Electronic Warfare and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear, the Air, Space, Command, Control and Defence, the Special Projects and the Future Capability Group delivery teams in each Financial Year (FY) since 2019 as at 31 March, is detailed in the table below. The figures include civilian and military employees and workforce substitutes.
Figures for 2023-24 will not be available until the end of the FY.
Financial Year | Electronic Warfare and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear | Air, Space, Command, Control and Defence, | Special Projects | Future Capability Group |
2018-19 | 87.37 | Team did not exist | 186.9 | 46.36 |
2019-20 | 208.07 | Team did not exist | 200.16 | 88.19 |
2020-21 | 225.47 | Team did not exist | 246.24 | 96.83 |
2021-22 | 245.24 | 35.14 | 252.15 | 94.81 |
2022-23 | 249.2 | 36.06 | 223.2 | 112.61 |