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Armed Forces: Labour Turnover

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of months are between a service person enlisting and leaving the (a) Navy, (b) RAF and (c) Army; what the 2015 average number of months was between a service person enlisting and leaving t

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
2 Apr 2025
Answer
7 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 31 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average number of months are between a service person enlisting and leaving the (a) Navy, (b) RAF and (c) Army; what the 2015 average number of months was between a service person enlisting and leaving t

  2. 2 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's Question. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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