Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure its services are available online; and if he will make a statement.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) already makes services available online such as Armed Forces career applications and civilian recruitment. The MOD is taking steps to ensure more of its services are available online, including:

Working to improve access to information and services for Armed Forces personnel, Reserves and families by upgrading and improving services available via the internet;

Identifying new transactional services to be redesigned to the Digital by Default service standard;

Building its digital capability through the appointment of a central digital transformation team;

and developing digital skills and professionalism across the Department.