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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-06-22more like thismore than 2015-06-22
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Armed Forces more like this
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken to increase the availability and use of gender advisers and cultural advisers within deployable United Kingdom armed forces; and whether they will list those instances where such advisers have been deployed. more like this
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Baroness Helic remove filter
uin HL699 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
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answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is currently examining the number, training and requirement of military gender advisors.</p><p>Over the past 12 months, the MOD has deployed gender advisors to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Iraq (in order to train the Kurdish Security Forces (KSF); approximately 700 KSF have been trained so far). The MOD will also be deploying one gender advisor to the United Nations Headquarters to support the United Nations' military advisor to the Secretary-General on gender issues.</p><p>The MOD's cultural advisors have undertaken over 60 deployments over the past 12 months, to locations such as Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, Mozambique and Bosnia.</p> more like this
answering member printed Earl Howe more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-07-01T15:52:19.31Zmore like thismore than 2015-07-01T15:52:19.31Z
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2000
label Biography information for Earl Howe more like this
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4331
label Biography information for Baroness Helic more like this