| Heading: |
Armed Forces: Recruitment |
| Question ID: |
1789647 |
| UIN: |
42206 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-27 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5197 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst
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| Asking Member handle: |
drnshastrihurst
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@drnshastrihurst
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of the additional £0.4 billion 2025-26 resource DEL allocated to Defence at the Spring Statement will be spent on additional service personnel; and if he will make an estimate of the number of additional |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-02 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4682 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Luke Pollard
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| Answering Member handle: |
LukePollard
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LukePollard
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| Answer text: |
The Department is committed to taking decisive action to address recruitment and retention challenges that we inherited from the last administration and strengthen our Armed Forces, including launching the new, combined Armed Forces Recruitment Service in... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |