Question follow-through · 42206
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the additional £0.4 billion 2025-26 resource DEL allocated to Defence at the Spring Statement will be spent on additional service personnel; and if he will make an estimate of the number of additional
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 27 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 2 Apr 2025 · 6 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
27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the additional £0.4 billion 2025-26 resource DEL allocated to Defence at the Spring Statement will be spent on additional service personnel; and if he will make an estimate of the number of additional
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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2 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Department is committed to taking decisive action to address recruitment and retention challenges that we inherited from the last administration and strengthen our Armed Forces, including launching the new, combined Armed Forces Recruitment Service in...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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