Question follow-through · 38193

Defence: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help tackle the skills shortage in the defence workforce.

answeredDepartment for Education

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
17 Mar 2025
Answer
29 Mar 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

More questions by this MP on Education and skills

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department is taking steps to help tackle the skills shortage in the defence workforce.

  2. 17 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 29 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    This government recognises the critical role that a skilled workforce plays in supporting national defence, including meeting the needs of the armed forces and of a vibrant, innovative and competitive defence industry.The department funds a range of high ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sure Start Programme

17 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what funding was available to Sure Start (a) in each year and (b) adjusted for inflation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Personal Care Services: Employers' Contributions

26 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of changes to (a) employer National Insurance contributions and (b) the minimum wage on the number of new apprentices in the hair sal

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to extend the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund beyond the end of the 2024-25 financial year for those recipients not eligible for split funding.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund

31 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of recipients will lose entitlement to the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund on 31 March 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Department for Education: ICT

17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) phones, (b) laptops and (c) other electronic devices have been lost by their Department since 5 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Private Education

17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has visited any private schools since 5 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Schools: Domestic Visits

17 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state schools she has visited since 5 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Education: Asylum

22 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many child asylum seekers have entered the education system since 5 July 2024.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defence: Curriculum

22 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of adding defence as a subject in the national curriculum.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Private Education: Domestic Visits

28 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 46070 on Schools: Domestic Visits, how many private schools she has visited since 5 July 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs

12 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which county councils are failing to meet the 20-week timeframe for delivery of Education, Health and Care Plans.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Special Educational Needs: Cambridgeshire

12 May 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children have (a) applied for and (b) had approved an Education, Health and Care Plan by Cambridgeshire County Council in each of the last five academic years.