Army: Recruitment
Commons · Question 89395 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 19 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to (a) streamline army recruitment and (b) increase (i) regular and (ii) reserve military personnel numbers.
Answer
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones, 19 Nov 2025
As part of the Strategic Defence Review, the Department has committed to increasing the British Army to at least 76,000 full time soldiers in the next Parliament. Under this Government, we have driven improvements to recruiting process, stripping out outd...