Question follow-through · 18511
Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his long-term strategy is to help tackle (a) recruitment and (b) retention challenges within the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, in the context of the ongoing pay dispute.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 9 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his long-term strategy is to help tackle (a) recruitment and (b) retention challenges within the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, in the context of the ongoing pay dispute.
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) are highly valued, specialist personnel. We are committed to listening to their concerns and maintaining a continued dialogue to address issues they have raised during the ongoing pay dispute.As well as working to resolve t...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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