Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the (1) BAME, and (2) female, recruiting targets for the British Army for each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what sanctions apply to regiments which do not meet those targets.

The Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) and female recruiting targets for the Department were set in 2015. The targets are an inflow of 10 per cent BAME and 15 per cent female by 2020 and apply to all three Services. The targets apply to the Service as a whole and not to individual Regiments.