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answer text: The following table details the number of full-time trained and untrained armed forces personnel as of 1 April in each of the last three years. Armedforcespersonnel Allservices 1April2011 192,330 1April2012 185,690 1April2013 176,660 All services figures comprise all UK regular forces, Ghurkhas and all full-time reserve personnel. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. As at 1 July 2013 the number of full-time trained and untrained UK armed forces personnel was 173,980. The Department's Quarterly Personnel Report is available from the Defence Statistics website at the following link: http://www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report This provides more detail on the number of trained personnel, by service, gender and rank.
answer given date: 2013-11-11+00:00
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