Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British armed forces personnel were recruited between 1 January 2020 and 1 March 2021.

The requested information up until 31 December 2020 can be found in the attached ‘UK Regular Forces Intake and Outflow’ tables 4 and 5a in the excel spreadsheet of the quarterly Service personnel statistics.

Information for the most recent quarter, 1 January 2021 – 31 March 2021, will be published on 27 May 2021.