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.
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.
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.