Question follow-through · 6999
Air Force and Army: Yeovil
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of (a) Army and (b) Airforce cadet units in Yeovil Constituency on staffing levels within the army.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 10 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 10 Jun 2026 · 6 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
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the closure of (a) Army and (b) Airforce cadet units in Yeovil Constituency on staffing levels within the army.
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jun 2026
Answer published
As the Army and Air cadet force is an MOD sponsored youth organisation and is not a recruitment arm of the Regular Army, the closure does not have an impact on Army staffing levels.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Armed Forces: Fraud
5 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 4 February 2026, Armed Forces: Fraud (UIN 108927), what the timeline is for the completion of an online financial education programme, funded by the Association of British Insurers