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date	18/10/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of trends in the size of the Army.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	108466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the hon. Members for Glasgow North East (Paul Sweeney) and Manchester, Withington (Jeff Smith) to Questions 901305 and 901310.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 23/10/2017 16:21:50 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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registered interest
date	08/03/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Ethnic Groups and Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of trends in the representation of (a) women and (b) people from BAME backgrounds in the armed forces in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	67068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>There has been some excellent work across Defence in the area of diversity and inclusion. However, progress in terms of the representative rates of our people - both military and civilian - has been too slow. Although it is improving, it is clear that there is still much more that we need to do if we are to successfully attract and retain diverse talent both now and in the future.</p><p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is working towards a target of 15% female recruitment to the Armed Forces by 2020. The Department is also working towards a target of 10% of recruits to come from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds by 2020.</p><p>These are challenging targets, however they will help make the Armed Forces more diverse and reflect the society they serve. Work to meet these targets includes better understanding and greater engagement with the communities we want to recruit from; reviewing recruitment processes and better targeting our marketing and communications.</p><p>As at 1 October 2016 recruitment of female military personnel was 11.5% of total intake and recruitment of BAME military personnel was 5.8% of total intake. Full details of the MOD's performance against the 2020 diversity intake targets, including historic trends from September 2013, can be found in our publication 'UK Armed Forces Biannual Diversity Statistics' the latest edition of which (October 2016) is available at the following address:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2016</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/03/2017 17:19:41 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

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registered interest
date	07/03/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate his Department has made of the number of freedom of information requests (a) granted and (b) refused by his Department in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of processing these applications was in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	29929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government publishes statistics on the operation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 within central Government, including details on numbers of requests received. These can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-foi-statistics.</p><p>For ease of reference, a summary is provided in the below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Total resolvable requests </strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Outcome of FOI request</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Granted in Full</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Partially Withheld</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Fully Withheld</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Response Not Yet Provided</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2,568</p></td><td><p>1,628</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,844</p></td><td><p>1,822</p></td><td><p>256</p></td><td><p>648</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,667</p></td><td><p>1,723</p></td><td><p>244</p></td><td><p>636</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,825</p></td><td><p>1,822</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p>657</p></td><td><p>74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,628</p></td><td><p>1,475</p></td><td><p>323</p></td><td><p>724</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>All staff within the Ministry of Defence are responsible for ensuring that the Department as a whole is able to meet its legislative obligations under the FOI Act, and many can be involved in processing FOI requests. The costs in terms of staff time spent on this activity are not recorded and so the total cost cannot be calculated.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/03/2016 16:06:43 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham