Question follow-through · 12566
Reserve Forces: Long Service Awards
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current eligibility criteria for long-service medallic recognition for former Volunteer Reserve personnel who completed service prior to 1 April 1999; an
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 23 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2026 · 7 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
23 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of current eligibility criteria for long-service medallic recognition for former Volunteer Reserve personnel who completed service prior to 1 April 1999; an
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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30 Jun 2026
Answer published
Prior to the introduction of the Volunteer Reserves Service Medal in April 1999, service in the Reserve Forces was appropriately recognised by the separate decorations and medals that were awarded respectively to officers and other ranks in each of the Se...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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