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1609367

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date	30/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of their Department's employees are recorded as having a disability.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	177869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) publishes biannual diversity statistics on its civilian staff excluding those employed by organisations with delegated personnel functions (Trading funds, DE&amp;S Bespoke Trading Entity, Executive Agencies, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Locally engaged civilians (LECs)). The most recent statistics were published in December 2022 at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-diversity-dashboard-october-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-diversity-dashboard-october-2022</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Table 6 - Disability Representation of MOD Main Civilian Personnel shows that as at 1 October 2022, 11.5% of MOD Main civilian personnel had an active declaration of disabled.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD D&amp;I Strategy 2018-30 for its civilian workforce has specific measurable and achievable aims to increase representation of staff with a disability across the department, including the Senior Civil Service. The MOD is an accredited ‘Disability Confident Scheme Leader’ and encourages candidates with disabilities to apply to Defence.</p><p> </p><p>The MOD has several initiatives to support disabled personnel across the whole of Defence, including the Defence and civilian networks and champions. The Civil Service Workplace Adjustment Service is well established, offering specialist advice and access to a review route for disabled employees experiencing difficulties in securing the adjustments they need. The service includes a Workplace Adjustment Passport to facilitate the seamless retention of adjustments on a change of line manager, job role or move between business areas.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 17/04/2023 14:59:02 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1599504

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a ministerial disability champion.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	153890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>I was appointed as the Ministerial Disability Champion for the Ministry of Defence in February 2023.</p><p> </p><p>I will work with the other Ministerial Disability Champions appointed in each Government Department, to represent the interests of disabled people and drive forward progress on disability policy across Government.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 06/03/2023 13:18:31 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1588611

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those seeking a lateral transfer; and how many and what proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under that scheme where (a) interviewed and (b) laterally transferred in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	151325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Disability Confident scheme was formally launched by the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2016. It is designed to give employers the skills, techniques and confidence they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme has three levels. To reach Level Three, Disability Confident Leader, an employer must run through a self-assessment of their disabled employment policies and practices, put this self-assessment up for external validation, produce a plan for encouraging and supporting other employers to become Disability Confident, and undertake to use the Voluntary Reporting framework to publicly report on how they support their disabled staff. All of the main Government Departments are now signed up as Disability Confident Leaders including the Ministry of Defence (MOD).</p><p> </p><p>The data regarding the proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied to MOD under the scheme who were promoted or laterally transferred could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table below details the number of staff invited to interview who declared themselves as having a disability and also applied under the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Only internal applicants have been included as they are the only staff who can be promoted or laterally transferred.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area interviewed</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total (%)</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOD (including SDA and DE&amp;S)</p></td><td><p>433</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>439</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes / Caveats -</strong></p><ul><li>All data is taken from the feed from the recruitment systems used between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022. The data will only include MOD applications that took place on recruitment systems between these dates.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 150538 question first answered 28/02/2023 11:48:41 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1588200

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps they have taken to operate a disability confident scheme for those seeking promotion in their Department; and how many and what proportion of those candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under the scheme were (a) interviewed and (b) promoted in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	150538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Disability Confident scheme was formally launched by the Department for Work and Pensions in November 2016. It is designed to give employers the skills, techniques and confidence they need to recruit, retain and develop disabled staff.</p><p> </p><p>The scheme has three levels. To reach Level Three, Disability Confident Leader, an employer must run through a self-assessment of their disabled employment policies and practices, put this self-assessment up for external validation, produce a plan for encouraging and supporting other employers to become Disability Confident, and undertake to use the Voluntary Reporting framework to publicly report on how they support their disabled staff. All of the main Government Departments are now signed up as Disability Confident Leaders including the Ministry of Defence (MOD).</p><p> </p><p>The data regarding the proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied to MOD under the scheme who were promoted or laterally transferred could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The table below details the number of staff invited to interview who declared themselves as having a disability and also applied under the Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Only internal applicants have been included as they are the only staff who can be promoted or laterally transferred.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Area interviewed</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total (%)</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>Percentage of total (%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MOD (including SDA and DE&amp;S)</p></td><td><p>433</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>439</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes / Caveats -</strong></p><ul><li>All data is taken from the feed from the recruitment systems used between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2022. The data will only include MOD applications that took place on recruitment systems between these dates.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 151325 question first answered 28/02/2023 11:48:41 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens