Question follow-through · 44144
Armed Forces: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Ofsted ratings are of each establishment providing care and welfare of armed forces initial training.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 3 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 10 Apr 2025 · 7 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 Defence and foreign affairs
- Brazil: HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark · 4 Apr 2025
- Ukraine: Ammunition · 4 Apr 2025
- Ukraine: Defence · 7 Apr 2025
- Ukraine: Peacekeeping Operations · 7 Apr 2025
- Ukraine: Artillery · 7 Apr 2025
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
3 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Ofsted ratings are of each establishment providing care and welfare of armed forces initial training.
7 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Ofsted ratings for each of the Armed Forces Apprenticeship programmes are as follows: Royal Navy – OUTSTANDING, inspected 8 March 2018 (next inspection is due before the end of July 2025)British Army – GOOD, inspected 25 October 2023Royal Air Force – ...
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.
Brazil: HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark
4 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, at what price he plans to sell (a) HMS Albion and (b) HMS Bulwark to the Brazilian Government.
Ukraine: Ammunition
4 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he has taken to replenish stocks of artillery ammunition following donation to Ukraine.
Ukraine: Defence
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people are working on Task Force Hirst; who the taskforce consists of; and from which Government departments.
Ukraine: Peacekeeping Operations
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with (a) his US counterparts and (b) other NATO counterparts on Ukraine's ambitions for a NATO interoperable future force.
Ukraine: Artillery
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which nations are members of the artillery capability coalition alongside the UK.
Military Aircraft: Training
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people in the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force have trained to fly in the Leonardo M-346.
Sardinia: Military Aircraft
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Air Force pilots train at the International Flight Training School at Decimomannu air base in Sardinia each year.
Qatar: Hawk Aircraft
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his Qatari counterparts on purchasing their Hawk T1 aircraft.
Military Aircraft: Training
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what comparative assessment he has made of the capabilities of the (a) enhanced Leonardo M-346 T Block 20 trainer and F-model light combat aircraft, (b) the Hawk T2 and (c) other commercially available options.
Military Aircraft: Training
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the estimated waiting list for the Leonard’s M-346 Block 20 on the capacity of the UK’s fast jet training programme.
Hawk Aircraft
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the service life of the Hawk T1 beyond its 2030 out-of-service date.
RAF Molesworth: Construction
7 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 42680 on RAF Molesworth: US Air Force, from which budget the cost of the European Infrastructure Consolidation construction works at RAF Molesworth will come.