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Army: Food

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the daily messing rate for a soldier in the British army in each quarter in each of the past five years

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Target answer date: 3 Jun 2025
Answer: 9 Jun 2025 · 10 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

30 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the daily messing rate for a soldier in the British army in each quarter in each of the past five years
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2025
Answer published
The Daily Messing Rate (DMR) differs across our overseas bases and the multiple Operations and Exercises carried out across the globe each year. The table below sets out the DMR rates for each quarter of the last five years in the UK, for Service personne...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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