Defence: Recruitment
(asked on 6th December 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2023 to Question 70 on Defence: Recruitment, what proportion of new employees in his Department were women in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
The requested information is provided in the following tables:
Percentage of Female UK Regulars and Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) personnel intake by calendar year, 2021 - 2022
| 2021 | 2022 |
UK Regulars | 12.2% | 11.7% |
Future Reserves 2020 | 17.0% | 16.4% |
Source: Analysis (Tri-Service)
Table Notes:
UK Regulars include Full Time Service personnel, including Nursing Services, but excluding Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel, Gurkhas, Mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Non Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS), High Readiness Reserve (HRR) and Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI) personnel.
Figures include trained and untrained personnel.
Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) includes Volunteer Reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reservists and Volunteer Reserve personnel serving on Additional Duties Commitment or Full Time Reserve Service contracts. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost-effective solution than Volunteer Reserve are also included in the Army Reserve FR20. Non Regular Permanent Staff, Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI) and University Officer Cadets and Regular Reservists are excluded.
Figures comprise personnel joining the Armed Forces either as new entrants or re-entrants.
The percentages given in the table refer to the proportion of female intake from the total intake.
Percentage of Ministry of Defence (MOD) Civilian female inflow by calendar year, 2021 – 2022
| 2021 | 2022 |
Female Civilians | 41.8% | 43.5% |
Source: Analysis (Civilian)
Table Notes:
MOD civilian figures include MOD Main Top Level Budgetary areas (TLB), UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), Defence Science Technology Laboratories (DSTL), Defence Electronics Components Agency (DECA), Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) and Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA). Figures exclude Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and Locally Engaged Civilians (LEC).
Inflow may include civilian rejoiners.