Overall, the armed forces last met and exceeded recruitment targets in financial year 2003-04 when they gained 23,540 recruits from civilian life against a target 23,269. In financial year 2005-06 the naval service gained 3,940 recruits against a target of 3,933, and in financial year 2003-04 the Army gained 15,260 recruits against a target of 14,493. The RAF has almost achieved target on a number of occasions, the most recent being financial year 2005-06 when it gained 1,480 recruits from civilian life against a target of 1,500. Details of individual service recruitment targets prior to 1 April 2000 are not kept on a central database.
The following table shows those recruits who went onto infantry courses for the last 12 months and had been allocated to the Scottish Division by the Army's recruiting authority. Some of these soldiers may change infantry division, capbadge or may not complete training.
Scottish Division Infantry loading Number December 2005 0 January 2006 90 February 30 March 20 April 30 May 30 June 0 July 50 August 60 September 50 October 40 November 20 Statistics have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.