Navy: 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 Royal Navy 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 information requested is provided in the following table:

31-Dec-2017

31-Dec-2018

31-Dec-2019

31-Dec-2020

31-Dec-2021

Total Regular Intake

3,016

3,088

3,481

3,850

3,752

Untrained

2,957

3,011

3,442

3,780

3,702

Trained

59

77

39

70

50

Officers

372

354

373

342

333

Untrained

368

346

365

324

323

Trained

4

8

8

18

10

Other Ranks

2,644

2,734

3,108

3,508

3,419

Untrained

2,589

2,665

3,077

3,456

3,379

Trained

55

69

31

52

40

Reticulating Splines