{"value":{"id":1507151,"askingMemberId":1536,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-09-20T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-09-22T00:00:00","uin":"51536","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions the provision of mandatory training for his Departmental staff on their obligations under the Equality Act 2010 has been cited by his Department as a defence against Section 109 proceedings since the commencement of that Act.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4855,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-09-28T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Training on a range of Diversity and Inclusion topics for civilians and Military Personnel is well-established, for both new entrants and as annually mandated refresher training.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence incorporates the precepts of the Equality Act 2010 into its mandatory training for both its civilian and military personnel. As records are not held by the Ministry of Defence in such a manner to readily identify where Section 109 proceedings were cited, we are unable to provide the number of occasions where it was cited as a defence since the Act's commencement without incurring disproportionate cost.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Ministry of Defence: Training","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1507151","method":"GET"}]}