Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many reminders his Department has issued in relation to completing the survey on negotiating civilian and military life.

The Confidential Employer and Families Survey on Reserves, Family and Work (as part of the Future Reserves Research Programme (FRRP)) was placed onto the Defence Connect and Defence Gateway, the Ministry of Defence's (MOD) on-line platforms for Defence Personnel. The survey was launched on 2 March 2018 with a blog that was viewed by 2,814 people and re-blogged into around 250 Reservist pages across the three Services. The survey was available continuously over an 8-week period, with Defence Connect and Defence Gateway viewed around 1,879,000 and 871,000 times respectively during that time.

The survey was undertaken by a consortium of university researchers and disseminated by the Army on behalf of all three Services. The MOD has been advised that there were around 400 responses to the survey. It is expected that the results of the survey will be shared through the FRRP website before the end of the year.