Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 4.8 on page 20 of his Department's directive entitled JSP 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 1: Directive - Understanding Behaviours in Defence, what estimate he has made of when the training for diversity and inclusion advisers will be (a) formalised and (b) accredited.

Paragraph 4.8 of Joint Service Publication 763 Behaviours and Informal Complaint Resolution Part 1: Directive - Understanding Behaviours in Defence is out of date and will be corrected in the next iteration of the publication.

Training for Diversity and Inclusion Advisers (and Practitioners) (D&I A, D&I P) has been formalised and accredited for a number of years. With regard to formalisation, both the Adviser and Practitioner roles in the Ministry of Defence (MOD) are formally recognised (by policy); to execute the duties of either, individuals need to be certified competent, which comes from successful completion of the associated competency-based training courses D&I A and D&I P.

The MOD’s Joint Personnel Administration system is used to accredit an individual as being a suitably qualified and experienced person, and the Chartered Management Institute also accredits both courses to Level 3 in D&I Leadership.