Question follow-through · 77960
Army: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what metrics are used to assess the efficiency of the Army recruitment system; and what estimate he has made of the most recent assessment of the efficiency of the Army recruitment system.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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- Security Action for Europe · 9 Dec 2025
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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
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what metrics are used to assess the efficiency of the Army recruitment system; and what estimate he has made of the most recent assessment of the efficiency of the Army recruitment system.
15 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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15 Oct 2025
Answer published
The efficiency of the British Army Recruitment pipeline is constantly measured on a daily, weekly and monthly basis through various key performance indicators (KPI) throughout the recruitment process to the end of basic training. These KPIs vary depending...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Security Action for Europe
9 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it is his policy to seek UK participation in the Security Action for Europe instrument.