Armed Forces

(asked on 26th April 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem Portrait
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
(Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the establishment of (1) the Royal Navy, (2) the Army, and (3) the Royal Air Force, and how many vacancies there are in each service.

Answered by
Earl Howe Portrait
Earl Howe
Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This question was answered on 4th May 2016

The requested information, as at 1 March 2016, is provided below:

Service

Liability (establishment)

Full-time trained strength

Deficit (vacancies)

Royal Navy/Royal Marines

30,220

29,730

480

Army

83,580

79,840

3,740

Royal Air Force

33,150

31,000

2,150

Note: All figures are rounded. Totals and sub-totals are rounded separately and may not equal the sums of their rounded parts.

Full details of liabilities and trained strengths are included in the UK Armed Forces Monthly Service Personnel Statistics, which can be found at the following address:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-2016

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