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Armed Forces: Engineers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many engineers there were in post in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF in each year since 2010.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
21 Jan 2025
Target answer date
24 Jan 2025
Answer
10 Feb 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 21 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many engineers there were in post in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF in each year since 2010.

  2. 24 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    This information is being withheld as it would prejudice the capability, security and effectiveness of UK Armed Forces, and could provide tactical advantage to hostile forces.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Army: Food

12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question 35639 on Army: Food, for what reason there was a period of three years between the 2021 survey and the launch of the Defence Catering Strategy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Army: Food

12 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his planned timetable is for the next Army Messing Survey.