Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of trends in the level of army recruitment over the past five years.

The Army continues to implement a number of measures to improve recruitment and regularly assesses the recruiting environment to ensure that demand can be met. January 2024 saw the highest number of monthly applications for Regular soldiers in over six years.

Key points and trends can be found at the below link within the published Quarterly service personnel statistics:

Quarterly service personnel statistics 1 January 2024 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)