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Written question asked by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Wednesday, 6 December 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 December 2023. It was answered by Andrew Murrison (Conservative) on Friday, 15 December 2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Defence: Recruitment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2023 to Question 70 on Defence: Recruitment, how many and what proportion of positions that were a job share role were advertised in each year since 2019.

Answer

This information is not held in the specific detail requested. All roles are advertised, with exception, as full-time, part-time, job share and flexible working. It is not possible to determine whether multiple incumbents of a single position are working a job-share working pattern or not.

The below table shows the number of jobs advertised specifically as job-share only.

Calendar year

Number of jobs advertised as job-share only

2019

1

2020

3

2021

6

2022

4

2023

5


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5498
Session
2023-24
Related items
Defence: Recruitment
Monday, 13 November 2023
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Defence Advertising Expenditure Recruitment Job sharing
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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