Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were recruited to the regular army, navy and air force between 1 January 2015 and 15 March 2015; and what the targets were for such recruitment in each such category.

The number of people who joined the UK Regular Forces in the period 1 January - 31 January 2015 (the latest available date) is set out below.

Note: figures show intake to UK Regular Forces, both trained and untrained, which comprises new entrants, re-entrants, direct trained entrants (including professionally qualified Officers) and intake from the reserves. They exclude all movements within the Regular Forces; including flows from untrained to trained strength, transfers between Services and flows from Ranks to Officer due to promotion.

Recruitment targets for each of the Services are calculated on an annual rather than monthly basis and are therefore not included here.