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Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
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Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
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| Oct. 21 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Oct. 21 | Topical Questions | Topical Questions |
| May. 20 | Urgent Questions | Use of Torture Overseas |
| Nov. 04 | Written Statements | Shipbuilding |
| Jul. 25 | Westminster Hall | Mental Health Act 1983 |
| Oct. 14 | Adjournment Debate | Battle of Arnhem: 75th Anniversary |
| Title | Last Event | Next Event Date | Last Updated | |
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| Armed Forces (Flexible Working) Act 2018 | Royal Assent (Minutes of Proceedings) 8 February, 2018 | 12 Feb 2018, 2:48 p.m. | ||
| A Bill to make provision for members of the Regular Forces to serve part-time or subject to geographic restrictions | ||||
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| Dec. 12 | UK provides military assistance in search for missing Chilean Air Force aircraft | News and Communications |
| Dec. 12 | British Military Advisory Training Team (Czech Republic) | Guidance and Regulation |
| Dec. 11 | Service family accommodation customer service charter | Guidance and Regulation |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
| Date | Title | Questioner |
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| 5 Nov 2019, 11:55 a.m. | Ministry of Defence: Honours | Seema Malhotra |
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Question To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30, (B) 31 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50. Answer (Mark Lancaster) The Government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. The proportion of women and people from ethnic minorities receiving recognition on each honours list is available on GOV.UK, and a breakdown of ethnicities of recipients is published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-. Information on ages is not correlated with other diversity factors. We also publish the proportion of honours by independent committee on GOV.UK. The numbers of honours recipients in the Ministry of Defence are very small and vary from year to year. Releasing the requested data would identify the individuals and they have given permission for their data to be used for statistical purposes only. |
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