Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers left the army voluntarily in each year since 2010.

Defence Statistics publish information on a regular basis showing voluntary outflow figures for the Armed Forces, broken down to single Services.

Figures for 2010-11 are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/280435/1_january_2013.pdf

Figures from 2011-12 to 2014-15 are available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426880/QPR_Apr2015.pdf

The most recent information is contained in ‘UK Armed Forces Monthly Service Personnel Statistics September 2015’ and associated tables which is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-2015