The following table shows the recruitment targets form 2000-01 to 2007-08 and the actual recruitment from 1997-98 to 2007-08 to the UK regular1 forces by service.
1997-984 1998-994 1999-20004 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 All services Intake2 23,510 26,000 25,550 23,020 23,720 26,350 23,540 17,590 18,150 519,790 521,310 Target3 n/a n/a n/a 25,490 23,340 25,340 23,270 18,270 18,840 19,870 21,900 Navy Intake2 4,600 4,770 4,950 4,620 5,010 5,220 4,120 3,690 3,940 53,770 53,860 Target3 n/a n/a n/a 4,840 5,040 5,060 4,160 3,750 3,930 4,030 4,260 Army Intake2 15,380 16,990 16,500 14,770 14,930 16,690 15,260 11,720 12,730 514,300 514,520 Target3 n/a n/a n/a 16,670 14,160 15,270 14,490 12,250 13,400 13,950 14,550 RAF Intake2 3,530 4,250 4,100 3,630 3,780 4,450 4,160 2,180 1,480 1,720 52,930 Target3 n/a n/a n/a 3,980 4,140 5,000 4,610 2,210 1,500 1,890 3,080 n/a = not available 1 UK regular forces includes nursing services and excludes full time reserve service personnel, Gurkhas, the home service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. It includes trained and untrained personnel. 2 Actual recruitment (intake from civilian life) figures are taken from table 3 in TSP1, the latest edition is available at www.dasa.mod.uk. 3 Recruitment target figures have been provided by the single services. 4 Recruitment targets are not available pre financial year 2000-01. 5 Denotes provisional and subject to review due to ongoing data validation of the joint personnel administration system (JPA). Note: Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: DASA (Quad-Service)