Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of staff who ceased to be employed by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies in the last three years have subsequently been re-employed by his Department on a temporary basis or as a third-party contractor or consultant.

A total of 51 staff who ceased to be employed by the Department between 1 January 2014 and 31 December 2016 were re-employed subsequently as civil servants on a temporary basis.

Data relating to the number of staff who ceased to be employed by the Department during the last three years, and have subsequently been re-employed as a third-party contractor or consultant, is not held.