Question follow-through · 57466
Armed Forces: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to develop understanding of the armed forces among young people in schools.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jun 2025 · 9 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
4 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she plans to take to develop understanding of the armed forces among young people in schools.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jun 2025
Answer published
Cadets can be an excellent opportunity for enrichment and welcomes the Ministry of Defence (MoD)-commissioned University of Northampton report which explores the benefits of a cadet unit in schools, which is available here: https://www.northampton.ac.uk/w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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