Oral Question·Ministry of Defence
“What progress his Department has made on achieving a 30% inflow of women into the armed forces by 2030.”
Tabled: 4 February 2025Answered: 10 February 2025
Asked by
Sarah Dyke
Liberal Democrat — Glastonbury and Somerton
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Defence
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for the Armed Forces (Luke Pollard)
We inherited a retention and recruitment crisis, which must be addressed across all different cohorts. Increasing female representation benefits our warfighting and readiness, but we are still some way from where the hon. Lady and I would like us to be on the issue. The latest figures from October 2024 show 11.9% female representation in the regular forces and 15.9% in the reserves.