Speeches

Liz Kendall – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Liz Kendall on 2016-01-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people of each gender work in his Department.

Mark Lancaster

The requested information, as at 1 October 2015, is provided below:

Male

Female

UK Regular Armed Forces

136,750

15,400

Future Reserves 2020 Volunteer Reserve

28,740

4,540

Ministry of Defence core civilian personnel

22,140

14,970

Full analyses of UK Armed Forces and Ministry of Defence civilian diversity statistics are published on a regular basis and can be found at the following links:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2015

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-2015