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Army

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to increase the number of British Army personnel.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
14 May 2025
Target answer date
16 May 2025
Answer
21 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to increase the number of British Army personnel.

  2. 16 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 May 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for North Down (Alex Easton) on 13 May 2025 to Question 50001.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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