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Mr. Bob Russell
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of recruits to each of the armed services in each of the past three years for which figures are available; what the recruitment targets were; and whether current recruitment targets are being achieved. [77486]
Mr. Doug Henderson
The recruitment targets and achievements for each of the Armed Services over the last three completed financial years were:
| 1995–96 | 1996–97 | 1997–98 | |
| Naval Service | |||
| Target | 2,682 | 4,607 | 5,310 |
| Achievement | (86%) 2,315 | (85%) 3,909 | (85%) 4,536 |
| Army | |||
| Target | 15,805 | 15,830 | 16,504 |
| Achievement | (75%) 11,785 | (91%) 14,366 | (89%) 14,658 |
| RAF | |||
| Target | 2,814 | 3,283 | 4,163 |
| Achievement | (92%) 2,601 | (88%) 2,877 | (92%) 3,839 |
| Target | Achievement (%) | |
| Naval Service | 5,088 | 93 |
| Army | 16,446 | 96 |
| RAF | 4,622 | 95 |