United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 86791
Armed Forces: Recruitment
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30 October 2025
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10 November 2025 · Answer
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Defence
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10 November 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to raise the minimum age of military recruitment to 18.
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30 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to raise the minimum age of military recruitment to 18.
Source: Commons
10 November 2025
Answer
The Armed Forces have no plans to raise the minimum age of recruitment. All recruitment into the UK military is voluntary and no young person under the age of 18 years may join our Armed Forces unless their application is accompanied by the formal written...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-30/86791
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1847013
- uk · wq-1847013 · source updated 10 November 2025