Question follow-through · 43138
Armed Forces: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what bursaries were available in the (a) Army, (b) RAF, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Marines on 1 April 2025.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 1 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 10 Apr 2025 · 9 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
1 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what bursaries were available in the (a) Army, (b) RAF, (c) Royal Navy and (d) Royal Marines on 1 April 2025.
3 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Apr 2025
Answer published
Bursaries are available only for applicants wishing to join the Armed Forces and are not available to existing Service personnel or any others. They are offered to students in full-time education to attract high-calibre individuals to a career in Defence,...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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