Q. Marines: Recruitment

Marines: Recruitment

(asked on 9th January 2024) - View Source

Questioner

John Healey
(Labour - Wentworth and Dearne)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) recruitment target for and (b) number of personnel recruited to the Royal Marines was in each year since 2010.

Answered by

Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

This question was answered on 15th January 2024

Figures are as follows for recruitment and recruitment targets for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in each year since 2010:




Recruitment Targets for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines from 1 April 2010 - 31 March 2023

12 months to:	31-Mar-11	31-Mar-12	31-Mar-13	31-Mar-14	31-Mar-15	31-Mar-16	31-Mar-17	31-Mar-18	31-Mar-19	31-Mar-20	31-Mar-21	31-Mar-22	31-Mar-23
Recruitment Targets	2550	2230	2925	3433	3260	3571	3715	3826	4214	4182	4409	4352	3834
Royal Navy	1332	1472	1692	2274	2377	2576	2779	2843	3043	3009	3176	2963	2738
Royal Marines	1218	758	1233	1159	883	995	936	983	1171	1173	1233	1389	1096

Regular Intake into the Royal Navy and Royal Marines from 1 April 2010 - 31 March 2023

12 months to:	31-Mar-11	31-Mar-12	31-Mar-13	31-Mar-14	31-Mar-15	31-Mar-16	31-Mar-17	31-Mar-18	31-Mar-19	31-Mar-20	31-Mar-21	31-Mar-22	31-Mar-23
Regular Intake Total	2548	2216	2767	3174	2933	2997	3045	3042	3143	3563	3975	3590	2797
Royal Navy	1331	1464	1642	2144	2176	2192	2311	2284	2365	2637	2925	2494	2001
Royal Marines	1217	752	1125	1030	757	805	734	758	778	926	1050	1096	796

Marines: Recruitment

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