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Air Force: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the duration of the recruitment process for the Royal Air Force.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
1 May 2025
Answer
7 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce the duration of the recruitment process for the Royal Air Force.

  2. 1 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 May 2025

    Answer published

    The current Government inherited a crisis in recruitment and retention from the last administration but are taking steps to address it. Since June 2024, the recruitment timeline for Enlisted Aviator entrants has reduced by over 10 per cent and work is ong...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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