Nuclear Engineering
(asked on 8th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on additional payments to retain nuclear engineers in service in each financial year between 2005-06 and 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
In Financial Year (FY) 2005-06, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) made Recruitment and Retention Allowance (RRA) payments of £1.3 million to civilian Nuclear Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (NSQEP). Payment information for subsequent financial years for civilian personnel until 2014-15 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Not all NSQEP are nuclear engineers; staff in receipt of NSQEP include personnel in other functions such as project management and logistics.
The following table provides the total Recruitment and Retention Payments paid specifically to military nuclear engineers.
FY 2007-08 £ millions | FY 2008-09 £ millions | FY 2009-10 £ millions | FY 2010-11 £ millions | FY 2011-12 £ millions | FY 2012-13 £ millions | FY 2013-14 £ millions | FY 2014-15 £ millions | |
Nuclear Propulsion Pay | £2.9 | £2.8 | £3.2 | £3.3 | £3.6 | £3.6 | £3.4 | £3.1 |
Financial Retention Incentive | £0.7 | £1.9 | £1.9 | £1.4 | £0.2 | £0.8 | £0.8 | £0.7 |
TOTAL | £3.6 | £4.7 | £5.1 | £4.7 | £3.8 | £4.4 | £4.2 | £3.8 |