Armed Forces: Women
Commons · Question 112279 · Tabled 10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Sarah Dyke
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how his Department’s Defence Skills Passport will be used to improve the retention of serving female personnel and promote women into senior leadership positions.
Answer
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones, 25 Feb 2026
Defence’s transition to a skills‑based organisation is driven by the Pan‑Defence Skills Framework (PDSF). PDSF provides a single, governed set of skills that enables objective capability assessment and establishes a common language for identifying, defini...