Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 46349

Armed Forces

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

Conservative — Solihull West and Shirley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people served in the Armed Forces (a) in total and (b) by service between 2003 to 2023.

Answer

Al Carns

The requested information is shown in the attached spreadsheet. UK service personnel statistics on strengths, requirements, intake, applications and outflow is published quarterly on GOV.UK here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/quarterly-service...

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