Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks were recruited to the Army in 2022-23.

I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 January to Question 7264 from the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (Mr Healey) which shows the Basic Training Starts for British Army Officer and Other Ranks for financial year 2022-23.

https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-18/7264

The below table shows how many Officers and Other Ranks were recruited into the British Army in Q1 & Q2 2023-24. The figures for Q3 2023-24 are not yet available.

Notes/caveats:

1. These figures are for the Regular Army Only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP.
2. Basic Training Start figures only include personnel who entered Phase 1 training.
3. 2023-24 Quarter 1 includes figures from 01 April 2023 to 30 June 2023.
4. 2023-24 Quarter 2 includes figures from 01 July 2023 to 30 September 2023.
5. Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
6. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.