Oral Question·Ministry of Justice
“What plans the Government has to ensure that the UK legal system operates effectively after the UK leaves the EU.”
Tabled: 26 February 2018Answered: 6 March 2018
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Justice
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for the Armed Forces (Luke Pollard)
We inherited a recruitment and retention crisis from the last Government, but since July we have taken decisive measures, slashing the time it takes to access medical records from weeks to hours and restructuring the Army’s recruitment organisation, and it is working. Year on year, inflow is up 20% and outflow is down 8%, the Navy’s yearly recruiting target has been exceeded, Royal Air Force applications are up 34% compared with early 2024, and the Army is seeing a seven-year high in applications.