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Written Question
Ministry of Defence: Staff
Tuesday 12th January 2016

Asked by: Liz Kendall (Labour - Leicester West)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

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

Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton


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