| Heading: |
Gurkhas: Recruitment |
| Question ID: |
1798383 |
| UIN: |
48874 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-29 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1466 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Andrew Murrison
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| Asking Member handle: |
murrisonMP
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@murrisonMP
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Gurkhas will be recruited in each of the next five years. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-06 |
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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: |
Gurkhas have made an outstanding contribution to the UK through their years of dedicated service to the Crown and are held in high esteem by the British Army and public alike. The number of recruits required for the Brigade of Gurkhas is managed on an ann... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |