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Army Reserve: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the level of capacity required to train an Army Reserve that is 20 per cent larger than its current target size; and whether the planned facilities at Alexander Barracks, Pirbright

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
9 Jun 2026
Target answer date
11 Jun 2026
Answer
15 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the level of capacity required to train an Army Reserve that is 20 per cent larger than its current target size; and whether the planned facilities at Alexander Barracks, Pirbright

  2. 11 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to him on 10 June 2026, to Question 6844.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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