To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel left the British Army in each year from 2017 to date.
Answered on
28 June 2022
The information requested can be found in the following table.
Army Regular Outflow by Financial Year 2016-17 – 2021-22
Financial Year | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 |
Army Outflow | 9,775 | 9,650 | 9,046 | 9,533 | 7,431 | 8,856 |
Trained* | 7,881 | 8,329 | 7,985 | 7,669 | 5,361 | 6,684 |
Untrained | 1,894 | 1,321 | 1,061 | 1,864 | 2,070 | 2,172 |
Officers | 949 | 906 | 904 | 936 | 745 | 856 |
Trained* | 894 | 848 | 854 | 900 | 715 | 805 |
Untrained | 55 | 58 | 50 | 36 | 30 | 51 |
Other Ranks | 8,826 | 8,744 | 8,142 | 8,597 | 6,686 | 8,000 |
Trained* | 6,987 | 7,481 | 7,131 | 6,769 | 4,646 | 5,879 |
Untrained | 1,839 | 1,263 | 1,011 | 1,828 | 2,040 | 2,121 |
*These figures are for all personnel who have outflowed having completed Phase 1 training and include personnel outflowing from Trade Trained Strength and personnel outflowing from Phase 2 training.
Notes/caveats:
- The figures are for Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP.
- Figures show outflow from the Regular Army, both trained and untrained, including personnel leaving the Services, deaths and recalled reservists on release. They do not include promotion from Ranks to Officers or personnel who leave the Army to join the Royal Navy, Royal Marines or Royal Air Force.