Defence Equipment & Support: Staff

(asked on 20th March 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed in the land equipment commercial team in Defence Equipment and Support on average in each year from 2019 to 2024 as of 20 March 2024.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 2nd April 2024

The number of Full Time Equivalent employed in the commercial teams requested, in each Financial Year (FY) since 2019 as at 31 March, is detailed in the tables 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.

FY

Air and Ships Domain

Air Support

Combat Air

Land Equipment

Weapons

Helicopters

2018-19

880.6

2019-20

915.25

2020-21

874.19

FY

Ships Domain

Air Domain / Support

Combat Air

Land Equipment

Weapons

Helicopters

2021-22

196.19

187.64

284.71

2022-23

208.3

183.28

336.1

Commercial people for the above areas are deployed across DE&S, into different teams, as and when required. The data provided above is the most detailed information available.

Financial Year

Integrated battlespace commercial

Logistics delivery commercial

2018-19

Team did not exist

Team did not exist

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

115.65

43.89

2022-23

115.94

40.33

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