NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

16th September 2015

Sir NIcholas Soames: 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.

Mr Philip Dunne, Minister of State for Defence Procurement: 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

 

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