Strategy for combating army recruitment shortfall

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Dear Ministry of Defence,

Could you please send me a copy of the document that sets out the army's current recruitment challenges and its strategy to overcome them?

Can you also please tell me between which dates the army has lowered the minimum literacy requirement for entry from Entry Level 2 to Entry Level 1 in the past ten years.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

David Gee

Dear Ministry of Defence,

Could you please let me know when you expect to be able to reply to this?

Thank you

David Gee

James, Amy Mrs, Ministry of Defence

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Good afternoon Mr Hopkins,

Please find attached a letter in relation to your recent enquiry.

Kind Regards,

Army Secretariat

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Hello

Have you had the time you need to consider this request yet?

Yours sincerely,

David Gee

Hello again

This request was made on 3 March 2018, so is now four months old. A month after you sent a holding reply, I asked whether you had had chance to look at the request, and I did not hear from you.

Can you please tell me when you expect to be able to respond to the request?

If I have not heard from you at all by this Friday I will make a formal complaint. I hope to hear from you before then, though.

Thank you.

David Gee

James, Amy Mrs (Army Sec-Pers-Cap-ARTD), Ministry of Defence

Good afternoon Mr Gee,

Thank you for your email. The Department always endeavours to respond to Freedom Of Information requests within the set 20 working day timescale, but unfortunately this is not always possible.

I would like to apologise that on this occasion we have had to delay responding to your request. I would like to assure you that your request for information is still being considered and that we endeavour to respond to you as soon as possible.

Kind regards,

Army Secretariat

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Army Sec-Group (MULTIUSER), Ministry of Defence

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Good afternoon Mr Gee,

Please find attached a letter in relation to your request, below.

Kind Regards,

Army Secretariat

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