Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to publish his Department's gender pay gap report for 2023.

There are two constituent components to Defence Gender Pay Gap Reporting as we monitor both the Ministry of Defence (MOD) Civilian workforce and the Armed Forces. We are currently aiming to publish the MOD Civilian Gender Pay Gap Report by 15th February 2024. We were unable to meet the cross-government publication date of 23 Nov 23 due to additional time needed to resolve some data discrepancies. Cabinet Office has agreed to MOD’s delayed publication.

The UK Armed Forces Gender Pay Gap Report is not required to align with the cross-government publication date for the civilian population, and we are currently analysing data within the Armed Forces Continuous Working Patterns Survey to achieve publication by 7 March 2024.