Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were recruited to the Royal Navy in each month since May 2014.
The information requested in relation to gains to the Trained Strength since May 2014 is shown in the following table:
May 2014 | June 2014 | July 2014 | August 2014 | September 2014 | October 2014 | November 2014 | December 2014 | January 2015 | February 2015 | March 2015 | |
Royal Navy | 200 | 240 |
210 |
40 |
180 |
180 |
130 |
110 |
150 |
130 |
240 |
Royal Marines | 40 |
70 |
100 |
0 |
60 |
100 |
60 |
40 |
40 |
50 |
30 |
Combined Total | 240 |
310 |
300 |
40 |
240 |
270 |
180 |
150 |
200 |
180 |
280 |
1. Figures are for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Regular personnel only and include Officers, Ratings and Royal Marine Other Ranks.
2. All totals are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy; therefore totals may not equal the sum of their parts. All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.