Question follow-through · 36584

Air Force: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people began RAF pilot training in each of the last 10 years.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
12 Mar 2025
Answer
18 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people began RAF pilot training in each of the last 10 years.

  2. 12 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    I hope the hon. Member will understand that his question engages national security considerations. I can reassure him that the RAF has a plan to recruit and retain pilots and a program is being made against this plan.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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