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Written question asked by Neil O'Brien (Conservative) on Monday, 10 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 13 November 2025 (named day). It was answered by Louise Sandher-Jones (Labour) on Thursday, 13 November 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Defence Equipment & Support and Submarine Delivery Agency: Equality

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff in (a) Defence Equipment and Support and (b) the Submarine Delivery Agency have job titles which include the words (i) equality, (ii) diversity, (iii) inclusion, (iv) gender, (v) LGBT and (vi) race.

Answer

Staff employed by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) and the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) have both a Success Profile and an Email Tally. Success Profiles provide outlines of roles, key responsibilities and formal qualifications needed, as well as required technical competences and behaviours, which are aligned to wider Civil Service behaviours. No DE&S or SDA Success Profile title includes the words ‘equality’, ‘diversity’, ‘inclusion’, ‘gender’, ‘LGBT’ or ‘race’.

In DE&S Email Tallies comprise individual’s Profession, Skills Group and a unique number. In SDA Email Tallies are short summaries of an individual’s current team and role. In both cases these appear after individuals’ names in the MOD’s Global Address List.

In total fewer than five members of staff across DE&S and SDA have Email Tallies that include either the word ‘diversity’ and/or the word ‘inclusion’, or abbreviations thereof. No Email Tallies in either DE&S or SDA include the words ‘equality’, ‘gender’, ‘LGBT’ or ‘race’.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
88793
Session
2024-26
Subjects
Staff Equality Defence Equipment & Support Submarine Delivery Agency
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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