Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 43212

Reserve Forces: Recruitment

Tabled: 1 April 2025

Answered: 8 April 2025

Question

James Cartlidge

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) full time and (b) reservist armed forces personnel were working on recruitment for the (i) British Army, (ii) Royal Navy, (iii) RAF and (iv) Royal Marines as of 01 April 2025.

Answer

Luke Pollard

The requested information is presented in the table below. A separate return for the Royal Marines is not available as Royal Navy and Royal Marines recruiting are combined under the Royal Navy Recruit and Attract organisation.

	Army	Royal Navy	Royal Air Force
Regulars	417	228	250
Reservists	84	266	105
Civil Servants	18	35	67
Contractors	708	17*	14*

*Note: contractors provide a range of outsourced Services, some held jointly. For the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force we hold no details on the numbers of individuals who work for the provider on each contract.