Navy: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many recruits the Royal Navy seeks to attract to the (a) full-time regular service and (b) reserve service in (i) officer and (ii) non-officer capacity. (129732)

Recruiting targets vary from year to year, depending on the requirement. For recruiting year 2007-08 the Royal Navy is seeking to attract:

	Number of recruits
Full-time Regular Service	¹4,077
RN Officer	373
RM Officer	58
Rating	2,381
RM Other Ranks	1,265

Reserve Service	1,218
RNR Officers	178
RMR Officer	10
RNR Ratings	530
RMR Other Ranks (Recruits)	500
¹Including Royal Marines

Volume 459: debated on Tuesday 17 April 2007