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Veterans: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to manage the potential impact of recent legal cases against veterans on trends in the level of recruitment for the Armed Forces.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
11 Mar 2025
Answer
11 Mar 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to manage the potential impact of recent legal cases against veterans on trends in the level of recruitment for the Armed Forces.

  2. 11 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Across Defence, a range of surveys and polls are regularly used which indicate broad engagement levels and attitudes towards the Armed Forces. The information is routinely used to ensure that Armed Forces’ recruitment activity can most effectively attract...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support veterans who served in Northern Ireland in Fylde constituency.

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19 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase his Department’s support for SMEs in the defence industry in Fylde constituency.

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Cadets: Fylde

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Cadets: Fylde

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase participation by (a) young people and (b) young people from (i) disadvantaged and (ii) underrepresented communities in Cadet Units in Fylde constituencies.

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Cadets

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Cadets: Finance

30 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated to support Cadet Forces in each of the (a) last and (b) next five years.

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Cadets: Lancashire

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage young people to sign up to cadet forces in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.

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Reserve Forces: Lancashire

3 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to encourage people to sign up to the Reserve Forces in (a) Fylde and (b) Lancashire.