Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 50260

Armed Forces: Recruitment

Tabled: 6 May 2025

Answered: 14 May 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 46131 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, how the annual Basic Training Start limit for Commonwealth citizens is determined for each service.

Answer

Luke Pollard

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) decides which nationalities we recruit and any limits on numbers such as the 1,350 per annum Basic Training Start limit for Commonwealth citizens across the Armed Forces which was introduced on 5 November 2018. Each single Se...

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