Source · Select Committees · Committees on Arms Export Controls
Recommendation 11
11
Accepted
Paragraph: 41
We are concerned by evidence regarding insufficient resources within the ECJU, particularly technical and specialist...
Recommendation
We are concerned by evidence regarding insufficient resources within the ECJU, particularly technical and specialist roles and Compliance Officers. The ECJU Transformation Programme should include a review of ECJU resources. Future editions of the Annual Report should include data on ECJU resources including staff levels by grade, post and parent department.
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledged recruitment challenges but stated that ECJU has made positive progress in filling vacancies, recruiting specialist staff, and expanding its presence, implying existing measures address resource concerns without committing to a specific review or new reporting.
Paragraph Reference:
41
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
The Committees are right that it can be challenging to recruit certain types of specialist or technical expertise. However, in general ECJU has made positive progress in filling its vacancies across a range of teams and in providing internal career development opportunities for its staff enabling the organisation to retain experience and talent. ECJU’s new structure creates a more resilient and agile workforce which can respond quickly to changing demands or circumstances and the peaks of licence activity this can generate. ECJU has recently successfully recruited staff from industry and the military and, within DIT, ECJU is expanding its presence in the Government’s Darlington Economic Campus enabling access to a wider pool of talent across the country.