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.
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 |