Armed Forces: Recruitment
(asked on 4th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel were recruited by the armed forces in each month since January 2018.
The requested information is provided in the following table:
Intake to UK Regulars, month ending, January to September 2018
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September |
Royal Navy/Royal Marines | 400 | 250 | 220 | 140 | 300 | 250 | 280 | 10 | 560 |
Army | 730 | 320 | 710 | 260 | 510 | 220 | 380 | 290 | 1,440 |
Royal Air Force | 240 | 110 | 280 | 150 | 230 | 100 | 110 | 180 | 260 |
Notes: figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.
Figures provided are for full-time UK Regular Service personnel, including Nursing Services, but excluding Full Time Reserve Service personnel, Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service, Locally Employed Personnel and Non Regular Permanent Staff.