Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time personnel are currently in the three branches of the UK's armed forces.
The Ministry of Defence publishes quarterly Service Personnel statistics which include the requested information. The latest edition, with figures as at 1 April 2019, can be found at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2019