Question follow-through · 64655
Armed Forces: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help improve recruitment and retention in the Armed Forces.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 2 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 9 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Armed Forces · 10 Mar 2026
- Veterans · 16 Jul 2026
- Royal Fleet Auxiliary · 14 Sept 2026
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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
2 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help improve recruitment and retention in the Armed Forces.
4 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Jul 2025
Answer published
The current Government inherited a crisis in recruitment and retention from the last administration. The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) 2025 is clear that Defence must now meet the longstanding challenge of recruiting and retaining new generations with di...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Armed Forces
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Veterans
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary
14 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of welfare and family support available to personnel serving in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and their families; and whether he has considered extending eligibility for su