Question follow-through · 5190
Ministry of Defence: Equality
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many positions in his Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Sept 2024
- Answer
- 26 Sept 2024 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many positions in his Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job
12 Sept 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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:...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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