Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December to Question 3729 on Ministry of Defence: Women, what the criteria are for selecting interview panel members.

All selection panel members must have completed and passed their mandatory learning, this includes Inclusion within the Civil Service or Civil Service Expectations. In addition to this, panel members must have at least one diverse (as defined in the Equality Act 2010) member on the panel. The panel composition is made up from the hiring manager (one grade above the grade being advertised), a representative of the customer facing organisation and a senior HR Business Partner as a minimum.