HC Deb 29 March 2000 vol 347 cc160-1W
Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people left(a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force in (i) 1996, (ii) 1997, (iii) 1998 and (iv) 1999. [116326]

Mr. Spellar

The total number of people leaving the UK Regular Forces in 1996–99 is as follows:

Army Naval Service RAF
1996 15,368 7,123 10.542
1997 13,993 5,263 7,512
1998 17,074 5,508 4,838
1999 15,951 5,889 4,712

The titles Army, Naval Service and RAF include Nursing Services. Naval Service includes Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

These figures are taken from Tri-Service Publication 1, which is available in the Library of the House.