| Heading: |
Armed Forces: Recruitment |
| Question ID: |
1809905 |
| UIN: |
57929 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5355 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Sarah Bool
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Bool
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take through the Strategic Defence Review 2025 to tackle recruitment shortfalls in the armed forces; and how these will be implemented. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-12 |
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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 current Government inherited a crisis in recruitment and retention from the last administration. The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) 2025 is clear that Defence must now meet the longstanding challenge of recruiting and retaining new generations with di... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |