Army: Recruitment
(asked on 6th June 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average time taken between sending in an online application and attestation for regular and reserve recruits to the British Army has been in each year since 2012.
The requested times taken between receipt of a processed application and enlistment (intake to Phase 1 training) for regular and reserve soldier applicants are shown in the table below.
Calendar Year | Regular Time in Days | Reserves Time in Days | ||||||
| Min | Average | Median | High | Min | Average | Median | High |
2012 | 36 | 362 | 345 | 730 | 16 | 285 | 264 | 730 |
2013 | 42 | 379 | 368 | 730 | 20 | 311 | 284 | 730 |
2014 | 42 | 348 | 328 | 730 | 18 | 312 | 275 | 730 |
2015 | 52 | 334 | 314 | 730 | 20 | 259 | 232 | 730 |
2016 | 24 | 319 | 298 | 730 | 23 | 254 | 220 | 730 |
2017 | 45 | 309 | 294 | 730 | 20 | 272 | 243 | 730 |
An improvement plan is seeking to make further, more significant, reductions in the average/median time between application and enlistment.
Notes:
Figures are a single service estimates, they are not Official Statistics.
Attestation is not at a consistently set milestone for applicants within the recruitment pipeline and is therefore not held centrally in the format requested. Date of intake to Phase 1 training has been provided.
Figures do not include Officers.