HC Deb 15 December 2000 vol 359 c276W
Mr. Duncan Smith

To 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. Spellar

The 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