§ Mr. Duncan SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people(a) left and (b) joined each of the three armed services in each of the past six months. [143025]
§ Mr. SpellarThe numbers of personnel who joined and left each of the three armed services in each of the last six months for which records are available, are set out in the table.
Naval service Army RAF Month Intake Outflow Intake Outflow Intake Outflow May 590 461 1,292 1,278 301 378 June 353 415 748 1,210 281 363 July 395 445 1,074 1,239 283 386 August 15 295 918 1,280 191 404 September 633 458 2,596 1,345 533 386 October 529 471 1,536 1,545 188 403 Total 2,515 2,545 8,164 7,897 1,777 2,320