Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the projected cost of (a) consultancy services and (b) temporary staff for (i) his Department, (ii) its executive agencies and (iii) its other arm's-length bodies for financial year 2023-24.
The following table provides a summary of the overall expenditure forecast by the Department for financial year 2023-24 for consultancy services and temporary staff (sometimes also referred to as contingent labour):
Financial Year | Consultancy Services | Temporary Staff |
2023-24 | £94.588 million | £321.793 million |
Note: The above summary includes the Department and the following Executive Agencies;
- Defence Equipment and Support
- Submarine Delivery Agency
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
There is 1 Executive agency for which data is not available;
- UK Hydrographic Office
Other ALB data is included within the above dataset but is not available separately. ALB’s consist of a small proportion of the above figures (less than 5%).