Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people working on the Columbus programme, formerly the Aspire Replacement Programme are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
The Columbus Programme has 12.5 people working on it comprising 7 Civil Servants, 1.5 contractors, 3 contingent labour and 1 supplier.
These figures are given in full time equivalents (FTE). Actual headcount is 13 people.