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UIN 54136

Armed Forces: Recruitment

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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3 June 2020

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8 June 2020 · Answer

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Defence

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8 June 2020

Defence

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of recruits to the armed forces with a reading age of between (a) five and seven, (b) seven and nine and (c) nine and eleven years in 2019.

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  1. 3 June 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of recruits to the armed forces with a reading age of between (a) five and seven, (b) seven and nine and (c) nine and eleven years in 2019.

    Source: Commons

  2. 8 June 2020

    Answer

    In 2019 the number of Army recruits with reading ages between five and eleven were as follows: Reading ageNumber of recruitsFive – seven20Seven - nine220Nine – eleven760 Notes: In 2019 the Royal Air Force had no recruits join with a reading age below 11.T...

    Source: Written answer

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