Written question asked by Andrew Gwynne (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 December 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 6 December 2012. It was answered by Mark Francois (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 December 2012 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

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Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of his Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation carried out the survey; and what the cost of the survey was.

[132099]

Answer

The results of the October 2012 Ministry of Defence staff survey will be placed in the Library of the House on 31 January 2013 when the results are published on our website.

The cost of the survey for the Ministry of Defence and participating agencies will be approximately £120,000. The exact cost will be known in the spring. The MOD has participated in the Civil Service People Survey carried out across the entire civil service since 2009. The survey is carried out by ORC International Ltd. This approach, which is managed by the Cabinet Office, delivers strong efficiencies through economies of scale by eliminating previously duplicated effort and project management and realises strong value for money.

The cost of the 2012 survey across the civil service is expected to be 63% lower than what was spent separately by Departments and agencies in 2008-09 on their own staff surveys.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 132099; 555 c907W
Session: 2012-13
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2013-0222
Thursday, 20 December 2012
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Staff Ministry of Defence Surveys
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

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