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Armed Forces: Recruitment

Commons · Question 42206 · Tabled 27 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 2 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

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

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 2 Apr 2025

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...