Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 June 2018.
Mark Lancaster
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
12:00,
11 June 2018
There have certainly been challenges, particularly with the introduction of the defence recruiting system, but 12,360 recruits joined the British Army last year. I have met the chief executive of Capita on several occasions, and an improvement plan is in place at the moment—I think we need to provide an opportunity for it to be run through—but, absolutely, there is an alternative if need be.