Armed Forces: Recruitment
Commons · Question 22901 · Tabled 28 Aug 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 15 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress has he made in developing a series of Tri-Service ‘phase 0’ camps as outlined in Recommendation 16.
Answer
Answered by Calvin Bailey, 15 Sep 2026
Given the imminent delivery of the Armed Forces Recruiting Service (AFRS), which will dramatically decrease the waiting time for candidates seeking to join the Armed Forces, Defence Ministers agreed that the resource cost of establishing a Tri-Service ‘Ph...