Question follow-through · 86787

Army: Advisory Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on (a) the establishment of Independent Advisory Panels and (b) new welfare provisions.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 30 Oct 2025
Target answer date: 3 Nov 2025
Answer: 7 Nov 2025 · 8 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 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on (a) the establishment of Independent Advisory Panels and (b) new welfare provisions.
3 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence has made significant progress in establishing Independent Advisory Panels (IAPs) for the Army. All Army Basic Training and Initial Trade Training units now have IAPs. IAPs are aligned to units, rather than locations, and some train...

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