Armed Forces

(asked on 14th March 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in the Armed Forces had (a) four and (b) five years of service in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2024.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
This question was answered on 19th March 2024

The below table shows the number of personnel within UK Regular forces with the exact Length of Service of four or more years.

Year

Four years or more service

2020

104,630

2021

105,780

2022

106,200

2023

102,630

2024

101,430

The below table shows the number of personnel within UK Regulars with a Length of Service of four and five years, as at 1 January in each year.

Year

4 Years

5 Years

2023

7,100

7,460

2024

9,780

6,290

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