Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what occasions his Department has allowed serving members of the Armed Forces to give (a) oral and (b) written evidence to an inquiry by the Defence (i) Select Committee and (ii) Sub-Committee since 2010.

The Ministry of Defence has granted dispensation for Serving personnel to provide written evidence to the following inquiries since 2010, following requests from the respective Committee Chairs:

Defence Committee:

Armed Forces Covenant in Action? Part 3: Service Personnel children (2012)

Mental Health and the Armed Forces, Part Two: The Provision of Care inquiry (2018)

Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up (2023)

Defence Sub-Committee

Women in the Armed Forces: From Recruitment to Civilian Life (2021)

Service Accommodation (2023)