Navy: Recruitment

(asked on 10th January 2024) - View Source
Questioner
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
(Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) recruitment targets and (b) number of people recruited to the Royal Navy were in each year since 2010.

Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
This question was answered on 18th January 2024

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

12 months to:

31-March-2011

31-March-2012

31-March-2013

31-March-2014

31-March-2015

31-March-2016

31-March-2017

31-March-2018

31-March-2019

31-March-2020

31-March-2021

31-March-2022

31-March-2023

Recruitment Target

1,332

1,472

1,692

2,274

2,377

2,576

2,779

2,843

3,043

3,009

3,176

2,963

2,738

Regular Intake Total

1,331

1,464

1,642

2,144

2,176

2,192

2,311

2,284

2,365

2,637

2,925

2,494

2,001

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