Army: Recruitment

(asked on 15th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were recruited to the Army in each year since 2017.


Answered by
Leo Docherty Portrait
Leo Docherty
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 21st June 2022

The Trained and Untrained Intake to the Regular Army by calendar year since 2017 can be found in the below table.

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Total Regular Intake

8,024

5,779

9,743

9,797

8,943

Untrained

7,365

5,305

9,210

9,098

8,561

Trained

659

474

533

699

382

Officers

697

649

623

713

695

Untrained

633

629

580

658

670

Trained

64

20

43

55

25

Other Ranks

7,327

5,130

9,120

9,084

8,248

Untrained

6,732

4,676

8,630

8,440

7,891

Trained

595

454

490

644

357

Source: Analysis (Army)

Notes/caveats:

  1. Untrained = Individuals entering Basic Training
  2. Trained = Individuals entering having completed Basic Training, i.e., entering Initial Trade Training or entering as Trade Trained
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