Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“What steps his Department is taking to help improve? the service provided by GP practices on the Isle of Wight.”
Tabled: 7 July 2021Answered: 13 July 2021
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
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.