Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) additional to their wages and (b) deployment allowances that were made to the crew of submarines providing the continual at sea deterrent in each of the last five years.
The tables below provide the data requested.
Table A – Cost for Submariner Recruitment & Retention Pay [Paid Above Basic Salary]
Financial Year | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
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Recruitment & Retention Pay [Submariner] | £5,829,718 | £6,020,589 | £5,899,253 | £6,338,728 | £6,750,011 |
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Table B – Total Costs of Local Oversea Allowance (LOA) and Longer Separation Allowances (LSA)
Financial Year | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 |
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Total | £1,136,491 | £1,682,940 | £1,105,415 | £1,396,261 | £2,149,526 |
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