Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will take steps to improve retention figures across the armed forces.

We closely monitor where skills shortages impact on the ability to deliver Operational outputs and the impact on specific “Pinch Point” cadres.

These include financial incentives, flexible service, and an improved accommodation offer.

We have also frozen daily food charges, limited accommodation charge increases to 1%, are ensuring council tax rebates reach those in military accommodation and are increasing availability of free wraparound childcare.