Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2024 to Question 25754 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of the senior responsible officer’s time that was spent working on the Recruiting Partnering Project in the last 12 months.

Approximately 10% of the Senior Responsible Officer’s (SRO) programmed meeting time was spent on the Recruiting Partnering Project in the last 12 months, alongside their other duties. This is the only programme for which they are the SRO. The SRO is supported by a team who focus on the Recruiting Partnering Project full time.