Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is on schedule to introduce the advanced IT system developed in partnership with Capita to manage the recruitment of regular and reserve soldiers by February 2015.

Construction of the Capita ICT platform was originally due for completion in February 2015, to be followed by testing and transfer of data prior to going live. Capita remain committed to delivering the new enhanced recruiting website by July 2015 as part of the new ICT Platform.