§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of Her Majesty's forces leave before the end of their contract; and what is the ethnic breakdown.
§ Mr. HanleyIn 1992–93, the latest year for which figures are available, 24,616 service personnel left the armed forces before the end of their commission or engagement. This figure includes those who left on redundancy terms, but excludes those who died or left for medical or compassionate reasons.
Information on the ethnic origins of those leaving the armed forces is not available.