| Heading: |
Armed Forces: Recruitment |
| Question ID: |
1796453 |
| UIN: |
47422 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5138 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ian Roome
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| Asking Member handle: |
IanRoomeMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@IanRoomeMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what progress his Department has made on improving the time taken for new UK armed forces recruits to receive a formal job offer. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-30 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4682 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Luke Pollard
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| Answering Member handle: |
LukePollard
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LukePollard
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| Answer text: |
The Government inherited a crisis in recruitment and we are focused on improving Armed Forces recruitment. Defence is committed to reducing the time taken for candidates to pass through Armed Forces recruitment processes and enter Service. Recent policies... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |