Armed Forces: Recruitment

(asked on 18th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world, published on 18 July 2023, CP 901, what recruitment targets his Department has for the Armed Forces over the next two years.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 25th July 2023

Defence intends to increase recruitment into our Armed Forces over the next two years and transition to a transformational tri-Service recruitment model. Recruitment targets for Regular Serving personnel in 2023-24 currently are summarised below:

Royal Navy

Officers 457

Sailors 3,567

Army

Officers 644

Regulars 9,813

Royal Air Force

Officers 396

Aviators 2,191

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