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Armed Forces: Women

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the number and proportion of military personnel who are female.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
27 Feb 2025
Answer
17 Apr 2025 · 51 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the number and proportion of military personnel who are female.

  2. 27 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    Our thoughts remain with Gunner Jaysley-Louise Beck’s loved ones at this difficult time. Jaysley was a young and promising soldier who should have had the opportunity to thrive in a supportive and safe environment. Her death in December 2021 was and still...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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