Question follow-through · 5829
Army: Officers
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Late Entry Officers were commissioned in the last year, and of those how many were employed in in Welfare, QM, MTO, RCMO and training officer roles.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 1 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Defence Equipment · 13 Jul 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
1 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Late Entry Officers were commissioned in the last year, and of those how many were employed in in Welfare, QM, MTO, RCMO and training officer roles.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Jun 2026
Answer published
There were 263 Late Entry Officers who commissioned from the Army Regular Other Ranks to Army Regular Officers from 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025. Of those who commissioned from the Army Other Ranks to All Officers in 2025 how many have been employed...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Defence Equipment
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether factories producing military equipment met productivity targets, broken down by category in 2025.