§ 43. Mr. Ian BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what study has been made of staff savings due to the colocation of sea systems controllerate staff; and what notional saving in staff has been used to justify the costs of relocating over 1,000 Ministry of Defence personnel.
§ Mr. SainsburyThe organisation of the sea systems controllerate has been subject to several recent major studies, including by the Ministry of Defence's manpower auditors, which concluded that significant economies in working efficiency could be achieved by a reorganisation on abovewater and underwater ship systems lines coupled with colocation of the dispersed project staffs. Colocation would lead to efficiency savings from fundamental changes in working practices. These savings are expected to amount to at least 10 per cent. of the manpower requirement of the sea systems controllerate. In the initial investment appraisal of colocation carried out last year, the consequent saving of 460 posts was valued at £8.1 million per annum.