Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 77960

Army: Recruitment

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 15 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir Desmond Swayne

ConservativeNew Forest West

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what metrics are used to assess the efficiency of the Army recruitment system; and what estimate he has made of the most recent assessment of the efficiency of the Army recruitment system.

Answer

Louise Sandher-Jones
The efficiency of the British Army Recruitment pipeline is constantly measured on a daily, weekly and monthly basis through various key performance indicators (KPI) throughout the recruitment process to the end of basic training. These KPIs vary depending...

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