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Title

QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

Defence: Staffing

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

28-02-2011

Source

Senate

Parl No.

43

Electorate

Western Australia

Interjector

 

Page

762

Party

LP

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

94

Questioner

Johnston, Sen David

Responder

Evans, Sen Chris

Speaker

 

Stage

Defence: Staffing

Type

 

Context

Answers to Questions on Notice

System Id

chamber/hansards/2011-02-28/0165


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Monday, 28 February 2011
Page: 762


Senator Johnston asked the Minister representing the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 29 September 2010:

With reference to the White Paper and the Strategic Reform Program ‘Indicative Workforce Implications - Military Workforce’: How many full-time equivalent civilian personnel were employed in implementing the White Paper initiatives:

(a)   as at 30 June 2010; and

(b)   as at 1 July 2009.


Senator Chris Evans (Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations) —The Minister for Defence has provided the following answer to the honourable senator’s question:

(a) and (b) The Government provisioned an additional 999 civilian personnel (in Defence and the Defence Materiel Organisation, including full-time equivalent Australian Public Service staff and contractors) for 2009-10 under the White Paper, as reflected in The Strategic Reform Program: Making It Happen.

This workforce has been allocated across all Defence Groups to implement a range of White Paper initiatives including the Defence Capability Plan.

These Australian Public Service personnel ranged from junior to senior officers on an as needed basis according to the particular White Paper initiatives being actioned.

Because of the breadth and depth of the White Paper initiatives, the number of personnel varied throughout the specified period and it is not possible to provide a specific total referenced to each White Paper initiative.

The workforce data in the table below is based on approved allocations at the time of publication and reflects full-time equivalent average numbers. Over the period 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010, Defence was employing 20,878 full-time equivalent civilian personnel (as published in the Defence Annual Report 2009-10), of which 820 were contractors.  This is 1,410 below the 09-10 indicative allocation of 22,288 (as published in The Strategic Reform Program: Making It Happen).

White Paper and Strategic Reform Program Indicative Workforce Implications

 

08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

18/19

 

08/09

09/10

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

17/18

18/19

Military Workforce

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Guidance

55,081

55,775

56,468

57,108

57,525

57,883

58,174

58,345

58,314

58,276

58,276

White Paper/SRP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Paper

 

679

1,201

1,375

1,656

1,887

2,077

2,157

2,225

2,165

1,979

SRP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Efficiency Improvements

 

-54

-163

-223

-277

-292

-390

-404

-404

-404

-404

Civilianisation

 

 

-188

-531

-679

-690

-690

-670

-640

-570

-517

Support Productivity Improvements (-0.7 per cent)

 

0

0

0

0

0

-91

-182

-273

-364

-455

SRP Sub Total

 

-54

-351

-754

-956

-982

-1,171

-1,256

-1,317

-1,338

-1,376

White Paper/SRP Net

 

625

850

621

700

905

906

901

908

827

603

Final Total

55,081

56,400

57,318

57,729

58,225

58,788

59,080

59,246

59,222

59,103

58,879

Growth by year from 2008/09 base

55,081

1,319

2,237

2,648

3,144

3,707

3,999

4,165

4,141

4,022

3,798

 

Civilian Workforce (Australian Public Service and Contractors)

Current Guidance

21,225

21,361

21,862

21,811

21,826

21,804

21,755

21,719

21,690

21,620

21,620

White Paper/SRP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Paper

 

999

1,332

1,556

1,801

2,064

2,153

2,193

2,347

2,303

2,290

SRP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Efficiency Improvements

 

-72

-333

-567

-678

-690

-899

-925

-943

-961

-979

Civilianisation

 

 

188

531

679

690

690

670

640

570

517

Contractor Conversion (increase to civilians)

 

80

244

301

318

322

322

322

322

322

322

Contractor Conversion (reduction to contractors)

 

-80

-244

-301

-318

-322

-322

-322

-322

-322

-322

Support Productivity Improvements (-0.7 per cent)

 

0

0

0

0

0

-149

-296

-441

-586

-729

SRP Sub Total

 

-72

-145

-36

1

0

-358

-551

-744

-977

-1,191

White Paper/SRP Net

 

927

1,187

1,520

1,802

2,064

1,795

1,642

1,603

1,326

1,099

Final Total

21,225

22,288

23,049

23,331

23,628

23,868

23,550

23,361

23,293

22,946

22,719

Growth by year from 2008/09 base

21,225

1,063

1,824

2,106

2,403

2,643

2,325

2,136

2,068

1,721

1,494