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Ministry of Defence: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
24 Jul 2024
Target answer date
29 Jul 2024
Answer
26 Sept 2024 · 64 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 24 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in his Department have job titles which include the words (a) equality, (b) diversity, (c) inclusion, (d) gender, (e) LGBT and (f) race.

  2. 29 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost. Information on spending and staffing can be found in the Department's annual report and accounts: https:...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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