Question follow-through · 52184
Ministry of Defence: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in his Department.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 14 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 8 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
14 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the number of apprenticeship starts in his Department.
16 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2025
Answer published
The Armed Forces are the UK’s largest provider of apprenticeships, with over 23,000 personnel enrolled at any time and more than 95% of non-commissioned recruits offered trade-aligned apprenticeships. On average, 7.5% of personnel start an apprenticeship ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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