The below Parliamentary question was asked by Maria Eagle on 2015-11-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent (a) in real terms and (b) as a share of departmental spending on (i) temporary agency staff, (ii) consultants, (iii) non-payroll staff, (iv) administration and (v) marketing and advertising for each year since 2010-11.
Michael Fallon
This information is not held in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. I can, however, provide an analysis of non-permanent staff and the Ministry of Defence’s Administration Costs.
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Financial Year
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Budget Element
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Outturn (£ million)
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Outturn (Percentage of Total Departmental Expenditure Limit)
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2010-11
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Contingent Labour
|
46.9
|
0.12%
|
|
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Advisory Consultancy
|
23.5
|
0.06%
|
|
|
Other Non-Permanent Staff (1)
|
316.8
|
0.80%
|
|
|
Administration Costs (2)
|
2,026.0
|
5.13% (3)
|
|
2011-12
|
Contingent Labour
|
49.2
|
0.13%
|
|
|
Advisory Consultancy
|
18.3
|
0.05%
|
|
|
Other Non-Permanent Staff (1)
|
315.1
|
0.85%
|
|
|
Administration Costs (2)
|
2,691.9
|
7.24% (3)
|
|
2012-13
|
Contingent Labour
|
50.3
|
0.15%
|
|
|
Advisory Consultancy
|
44.5
|
0.13%
|
|
|
Other Non-Permanent Staff (1)
|
270.7
|
0.79%
|
|
|
Administration Costs (2)
|
2,178.9
|
6.36% (3)
|
|
2013-14
|
Contingent Labour
|
99.3
|
0.29%
|
|
|
Advisory Consultancy
|
90.4
|
0.26%
|
|
|
Other Non-Permanent Staff (1)
|
219.5
|
0.64%
|
|
|
Administration Costs (2)
|
2,129.2
|
6.16%
|
|
2014-15
|
Contingent Labour
|
118.7
|
0.35%
|
|
|
Advisory Consultancy
|
91.2
|
0.27%
|
|
|
Other Non-Permanent Staff (1)
|
332.5
|
0.97%
|
|
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Administration Costs (2)
|
1,473.7
|
4.29% (3)
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Notes:
(1) Comprising: fee earners, manpower support, technical support and casual staff.
(2) HM Treasury define Administration Budgets as covering costs other than the costs of direct frontline service provision; for example, activities such as the provision of policy advice and business support services. Administration costs therefore usually include expenditure on employee costs, accommodation, office services, contracted-out services and relevant depreciation. From financial 2011-12 the Department and HM Treasury agreed that Administration Budgets would in future only include the costs of civilian staff (excluding health-care professionals and staff working in operational areas) and the cost of Advisory Consultancy; the Armed Forces were excluded from this revised Administration Cost Regime as were the MOD’s Arms Length Bodies. The scope of Administration Costs was updated in 2014-15 to include military administration costs and exclude civilian costs where they relate directly to programme or frontline service delivery.
(3) Elements of expenditure on Contingent Labour, Advisory Consultancy and other non-permanent staff are also included in the MOD’s Administration Costs and there is therefore some duplication with other statistics provided in the table.
