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Armed Forces: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the proportionate change in (a) spending on service personnel in (i) real and (ii) cash terms and (b) the number of frontline service personnel in each financial year between 2015-1

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
29 Nov 2024
Target answer date
4 Dec 2024
Answer
4 Dec 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the proportionate change in (a) spending on service personnel in (i) real and (ii) cash terms and (b) the number of frontline service personnel in each financial year between 2015-1

  2. 4 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 4 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    The information you have requested is set out in the table below. The figures for financial year 2024-25 will be available once the accounts have been closed and audited. All personnel numbers are as at 1 April of the relevant financial year. Financial Ye...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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