Armed Forces: Recruitment
(asked on 17th January 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the shortfall was for the recruitment of reserve and regular soldiers and officers in (a) Infantry, (b) Royal Artillery, (c) Royal Corps of Signals, (d) Army Medical Services, (e) Adjutant General's Corps, (f) Royal Armoured Corps, (g) Army Air Corps, (h) Royal Engineers, (i) Royal Logistics Corps, (j) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (k) Intelligence Corps in the last 12 months.
The following table shows the number of regular soldiers recruited into the Army by Regiment or Corps for the 12 months from 1 December 2015 to
1 December 2016 against the target for that period.
Other Ranks | Target into Untrained Strength* | Actual (intake) |
Household Cavalry/Royal Armoured Corps | 660 | 580 |
Royal Artillery | 750 | 600 |
Royal Engineers | 810 | 650 |
Royal Corps of Signals | 720 | 470 |
Army Air Corps | 140 | 110 |
Royal Logistics Corps | 1,280 | 880 |
Royal Army Medical Corps | 240 | 210 |
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 890 | 730 |
Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) | 320 | 130 |
Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police) | 160 | 140 |
Intelligence Corps | 130 | 110 |
Infantry | 3,480 | 2,300 |
* Intake to untrained strength is those who commence Phase 1 training. Targets are internally set by the Army Recruitment and Training Division and are subject to constant change and review.
Officer recruits are recruited into the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst without being allocated a Regiment or Corps. For the period 1 December 2015 to 1 December 2016, 633 officer recruits were recruited into Untrained Strength against a target of 745.