The following table shows the number of under 25 year olds recruited1 of the regular2 forces by service in each of the last 10 financial years.
1 Figures show all intake from civil life to UK regular forces including re-enlistments and rejoined reservists.
2 Figures are for UK regular forces (including both trained and untrained personnel), and therefore excludes Gurkhas, full-time reserve service personnel, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists.
All Services Navy Army RAF 1997-98 21,700 4,150 14,370 3,180 1998-99 23,950 4,320 15,870 3,750 1999-00 23,490 4,500 15,360 3,630 2000-01 21,070 4,140 13,650 3,270 2001-02 21,530 4,520 13,570 3,450 2002-03 23,500 4,630 14,840 4,040 2003-04 21,010 3,600 13,620 3,780 2004-05 15,590 3,200 10,470 1,920 2005-06 16,240 3,400 11,600 1,230 2006-07 116,450 23,240 111,640 21,570 1 Provisional 2 Revised. Notes: 1. Figures are sourced from the annual publication TSP19 "UK Regular Forces Intake and outflow by age for financial year 2006-07". 2. Due to the introduction of a new personnel administration system, Naval Service statistics from 1 October 2006, and Army and RAF statistics from 1 April 2007 and RAF statistics from 1 April 2006 are provisional and subject to review. 3. Due to rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in five have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Source: DASA (Quad-Service)