Royal Fleet Auxiliary
(asked on 16th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) target and (b) actual number of personnel recruited into the Royal Fleet Auxiliary was in each year since 2010.
The Royal Navy (RN) continues to meet its operational commitments, but tackling the recruitment challenge is a top priority
The recruitment target and number of personnel recruited into the RFA is detailed below.
RFA Total Intake vs Recruiting Targets, 01 April 2010 to 31 March 2023
Recruiting Year | Total Intake | Recruitment Target |
2010-11 | 150 | 177 |
2011-12 | 32 | 37 |
2012-13 | 34 | 34 |
2013-14 | 86 | 122 |
2014-15 | 167 | 267 |
2015-16 | 217 | 336 |
2016-17 | 164 | 204 |
2017-18 | 149 | 218 |
2018-19 | 145 | 192 |
2019-20 | 131 | 166 |
2020-21 | 171 | 227 |
2021-22 | 167 | 231 |
2022-23 | 169 | 201 |
Total intake data prior to 1 April 2015 has been provided, however this has come from a different data source and cannot be validated by Navy Analysis. Caution is advised when comparing to data across the two different sources.