To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people have (a) joined and (b) left the Royal Navy since 2005. (203721)

The number of personnel joining the Royal Naval Service since 2005 can be found in Table 3 of Tri-Service Publication (TSP) 1 - Strength, Intake and Outflow of UK Regular Forces. The number of personnel leaving the Royal Naval Service since 2005 can be found in Table 4 of the same publication. TSP 1 is published monthly. The most recent publication shows figures for data from 1 April 2003 to 1 March 2008 and can be found at

http://www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/tsp1/intake.html

for Table 3 and for Table 4

http://www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/tspl/outflow.html

Copies of TSP 1 are available in the Library of the House and also at

www.dasa.mod.uk