Question follow-through · 92746
Armed Forces: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the closure of armed forces recruitment centres on enlistment in those areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 19 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 28 Nov 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
19 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the closure of armed forces recruitment centres on enlistment in those areas.
24 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Nov 2025
Answer published
Defence assesses that the wide variety of available recruitment engagement options it provides affords opportunity for candidates to enlist, regardless of the presence of an Armed Forces Careers Office (AFCO) in any given geographic location. The Armed Fo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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