WESTMINSTER RADAR
Search
My MPs
Menu

Question follow-through · 12782

Army: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve retention rates in the Army.

answeredMinistry of Defence

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
5 Nov 2024
Target answer date
11 Nov 2024
Answer
12 Nov 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Votes on this topic

These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.

Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve retention rates in the Army.

  2. 11 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 12 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    Retention is one of the Army’s top priorities, supported by Defence. A retention strategy has been launched to address barriers to retention through a wholistic set of financial and policy initiatives spanning the entire employee lifecycle. Supported by a...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ministry of Defence: Staff

26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time equivalent employees are employed by (a) his Department and (b) non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department; and what estimate he has made of the number of such employees who wil

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Iron and Steel

26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of steel companies that are classed by his Department as critical suppliers into UK defence programmes are based in the UK.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Iron and Steel

26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what data his Department holds on the proportion of steel used in defence programmes that was manufactured in the UK.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Russia: Ukraine

26 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to restart regular written intelligence briefings to hon. Members on the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Ministry of Defence: Policy

28 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how their Department defines strategy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Veterans: LGBT+ People

2 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2024 to Question 15113 on Veterans: LGBT+ People, which recommendations have not been implemented.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Explosives: Trade

14 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential dangers posed by explosive ordnance on international exports and imports.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sea Mines: Bomb Disposal

15 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken with international partners to dispose of legacy marine mines.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Military Aircraft: Crew

25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of Royal Air Force fighter pilots.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Bomb Disposal

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase the UK's explosive ordnance disposal capacity.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Unmanned Marine Systems

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress the Royal Navy has made on the (a) development and (b) deployment of autonomous maritime mine hunting technologies.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Armed Forces: Recruitment

5 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) accessibility and (b) consistency of information on (i) rights and (ii) entitlements available to non-UK recruits.