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Army: Manpower

Volume 464: debated on Monday 8 October 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) inflow into and (b) outflow from the infantry was in each of the last 12 months. (154235)

Officers are only allocated a regiment on completion of their commissioning course at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), hence officer intake figures have not been provided.

The following table shows the Regular Army soldier untrained intake figures for the infantry during the 12 months prior to March 2007.

Inflow

Flow during

Total inflow

2006

March

220

April

280

May

310

June

180

July

290

August

540

September

680

October

320

November

300

December

10

2007

January

650

February

260

Total

4,030

Notes:

1. The inflow figures are for UK Regular soldiers only. They exclude full-time reserve service personnel, Gurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists.

2. The data are based on the number of soldiers joining the untrained strength of the infantry during the period 1 March 2006 and 28 February 2007. The figures also include untrained soldiers returning from being long-term illegally absent.

3. UK Regular forces includes nursing services and excludes full-time reserve service personnel, Gurkhas, the Homes Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. It includes trained and untrained personnel.

4. All data have been rounded to the nearest 10. Due to the rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. Numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

5. Due to ongoing data validation following the introduction of the new joint personnel administration (JPA) system, there is no information after March 2007 currently available.

The following table shows the outflow to civil life from the infantry of trained and untrained Regular Army officers and other ranks during the 12 months prior to March 2007.

Outflow

Flow during

Total outflow

2006

March

360

April

480

May

380

June

490

July

360

August

370

September

400

October

440

November

420

December

300

2007

January

450

February

470

Total

4,930

Notes:

1. Figures show all outflow from UK Regular Army forces to civil life including recalled reservists on release and outflow to the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment from the infantry. The figures exclude outflow of illegal absentees i.e. those personnel removed from the reported strength of the Army having been deemed long-term illegally absent.

2. UK Regular forces includes nursing services and excludes full-time reserve service personnel, Gurkhas, the Homes Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. It includes trained and untrained personnel.

3. All data have been rounded to the nearest 10. Due to the rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. Numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

4. Due to ongoing data validation following the introduction of the new joint personnel administration (JPA) system, there is no information after March 2007 currently available.