Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department did not provide supporting ICT infrastructure for Capita's new recruitment software as required under its contractual arrangements with Capita in relation to the Recruiting Partnering Project.

A number of factors contributed to the problems experienced with the Information Communication Technology hosting environment provided for Capita.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Philip Hammond) on 14 January 2014 (Official Report, column 715) to the hon. Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker).