Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Air Force personnel there have been on average in each year since 2000.
Year | British Army | Royal Navy and Royal Marines | Royal Air Force |
2000 | 109,600 | 42,800 | 54,600 |
2001 | 109,200 | 42,100 | 53,600 |
2002 | 110,100 | 42,600 | 52,900 |
2003 | 112,000 | 41,400 | 53,100 |
2004 | 112,100 | 40,700 | 53,100 |
2005 | 108,800 | 39,800 | 51,400 |
2006 | 107,200 | 39,200 | 47,900 |
2007 | 105,900 | 38,800 | 45,100 |
2008 | 104,610 | 38,410 | 43,300 |
2009 | 106,890 | 38,350 | 43,520 |
2010 | 107,740 | 38,650 | 43,800 |
2011 | 105,940 | 37,480 | 42,230 |
2012 | 103,820 | 35,500 | 39,710 |
2013 | 98,630 | 33,860 | 36,690 |
2014 | 90,390 | 33,160 | 35,050 |
2015 | 85,590 | 32,670 | 33,860 |
2016 | 84,700 | 32,480 | 33,410 |
2017 | 83,000 | 32,470 | 33,100 |
2018 | 80,590 | 32,460 | 32,850 |
2019 | 78,800 | 32,500 | 32,780 |
2020 | 79,290 | 32,960 | 32,860 |
2021 | 81,720 | 33,890 | 33,220 |
2022 | 80,060 | 33,750 | 33,130 |
2023 | 76,950 | 32,590 | 31,940 |
Notes/Caveats