Armed Forces: Labour Turnover and Recruitment
(asked on 7th September 2026) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's recruitment and retention targets are for each of the three Services for 2026/27.
Answered by
Calvin Bailey
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans and People)
The 2026-27 Single Service recruitment targets for Regular and Reserve (Officer and Other ranks) are detailed below:
The Naval Service (inclusive of the Royal Marines and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary) total Recruitment Targets for all streams for Recruiting Year 2026-27, ending 31 March 2027 is 4,630 (rounded).
The total Army Recruitment Targets for Recruiting Year 2026-27, for all streams is 14,410 (rounded).
The total Royal Air Force Recruitment Targets for all streams for Recruiting Year 2026-27 is 4,730 (rounded).