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<p>Recruitment targets for Regular Serving personnel in 2024-25 currently are summarised
below:</p><p><strong>Royal Navy</strong></p><p>Officers 450</p><p>Sailors 2,864</p><p>
</p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p>Officers 677</p><p>Soldiers 9,800</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal
Air Force</strong></p><p>Officers 462</p><p>Aviators 2,615</p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">In
my answers to Questions 7264, 8358, 12118 and 17290, I incorrectly stated that there
were no recruitment targets for officers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">I have
therefore provided below the historic Army recruitment targets for officers, as contained
within the Recruiting Partnering Project (RPP) Demand Plan. The Plan reflects the
number of personnel that Capita are directed to recruit annually. The figures include
Direct Entrants and Professionally Qualified Officers.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The
RPP started in 2012. Please note that data pre-dating 2014 could not be accessed in
the time available.</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Year</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>OF Reg </strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>OF
Res </strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14-15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">709</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">362</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">15-16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">742</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">368</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16-17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">747</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">318</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">17-18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">713</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">372</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18-19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">696</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">241</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">19-20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">713</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">315</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20-21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">700</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">230</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">21-22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">688</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">125</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22-23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">610</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">220</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">23-24</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">644</ins></p></td><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">220</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">
</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In relation to the question asking for the target
for recruitment of officers into the British Army for each of the first three quarters
in the 2023-24 financial year; please note that OF in-year targets are based on the
intakes to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS), of which there are three a
year. The following reflects the target by intake, rather than quarter.</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial"><strong>RY</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Target</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">RY23 1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">RY23 2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">227</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins
class="ministerial">RY23 3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Data is sourced from Army
Recruiting and Initial Training Command and reflect single Service estimates.</ins></p><p>
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