Question follow-through · 47746
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the Armed Forces Recruiting Programme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 24 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 7 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
24 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent progress his Department has made on implementing the Armed Forces Recruiting Programme.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 May 2025
Answer published
The Armed Forces Recruiting Service contract with Serco commenced on 1 April 2025, with full unification of recruitment being implemented by October 2027, replacing separate schemes for the Royal Navy, Army, and RAF. This will create a streamlined, access...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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