| Heading: |
Cadets: Recruitment |
| Question ID: |
1813446 |
| UIN: |
60556 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5089 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ben Obese-Jecty
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BenObeseJecty
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BenObeseJecty
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new cadet detachments in (a) schools and (b) communities he plans to create through the Cadet Expansion Programme in the 2025-26 financial year. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-20 |
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false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5235 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Al Carns
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Al Carns
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| Answer text: |
The Cadet Expansion Programme (CEP) is a joint Department for Education and Ministry of Defence initiative, underway since 2012, which aims to increase the number of cadet units in schools, and the number of cadets within those units. The CEP does not cov... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |