Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Skill shortages in the Armed Forces inquiry

Status: Closed Opened: 11 May 2018 Closed: 11 May 2018 1 report

The Armed Forces (the Army, the Royal Navy, and the RAF) had 137,300 trained regular personnel in January 2018. This is 8,200 fewer than their requirement, and suggests the largest shortfall in numbers in recent years. Over a quarter of the of the Department’s defence budget is spent on personnel. This is expected to increase …

Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
59th Report - Skill shortages in the Armed Forces HC 1027 12 Sep 2018 0

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
4 Jun 2018 Session View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
25 Apr 2019 To cttee Letter from Stephen Lovegrove to Chair regarding skills shortages in the Armed …
6 Mar 2019 To cttee Letter from Stephen Lovegrove, Ministry of Defence, to Meg Hillier providing cl…