Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Josh Newbury and Richard Holden

Monday 18th November 2024 Commons Chamber

[Josh Newbury (Cannock Chase) (Lab)]

4. What steps he is taking to improve recruitment and retention in the armed forces.

[Mr Richard Holden (Basildon and Billericay) (Con)]

20. What steps the Government are taking to improve recruitment and retention in the armed forces.

[The Minister for the Armed Forces (Luke Pollard)]

This Government have already begun to modernise and refine our policies and processes to attract and retain the best possible talent in our armed forces. We are delivering for defence, with a 35% pay increase for new recruits and one of the largest pay increases in the last 20 years for existing personnel. We are scrapping over 100 outdated medical policies and setting an ambition to make a conditional offer of employment to candidates within 10 days and a provisional training start date within 30 days.