Question follow-through · 55396
Armed Forces: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what military training is provided to people recruited into the Cyber Direct Entry programme.
About this written question
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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
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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 military training is provided to people recruited into the Cyber Direct Entry programme.
3 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jun 2025
Answer published
Cyber Direct Entry recruits will receive military training specific to their cyber career pathway. Successful candidates will complete three to five weeks of basic training at either HMS Raleigh or RAF Halton, shorter than the typical 10-week course. This...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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