To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2023 to Question 7169 on Ministry of Defence: Allowances, how many claims for subsistence were made in each year since 2019.
Answered on
24 January 2024
The below table shows the number and value of subsistence claims for all MOD core employees, including DE&S and SDA, in the last five calendar years.
Number of claims | Total Value of claims | |
2019 | 221,057 | £9,246,180 |
2020 | 83,891 | £3,244,459 |
2021 | 76,805 | £3,357,497 |
2022 | 133,875 | £7,824,689 |
2023 | 158,065 | £6,144,513 |
Total | 673,783 | £29,917,337.97 |
A single claim may have more than one ledger item (e.g one claim could be submitted for two meals and a gratuity), however the total cost of each individual subsistence item has been counted.