Armed Forces: Recruitment
Commons · Question 80277 · Tabled 10 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's recruitment targets for each branch of the armed forces are for (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27.
Answer
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones, 20 Oct 2025
The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) 2025 is clear that Defence must now meet the longstanding challenge of recruiting and retaining new generations with different requirements. We are committed to the vision that long-term success depends on reconnecting s...