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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(6 December 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people left the armed forces in each of the last five years, and what information his Department holds on the different types of departure.

Asked by:
Shaun Davies (Labour)

Answer

The number of people who have left the Armed Forces within the last five years can be found in the table below, and was extracted from the quarterly Service Personal Statistics 2024 on gov.uk at the following link

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2024

12 Months Ending:

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

31 Mar

31 Mar

31 Mar

31 Mar

31 Mar

Tri Service:

Trained (RN/RM and RAF) and Trade Trained (Army) Outflow

11,797

8,649

10,610

13,464

13,275

Voluntary Outflow

7,379

5,268

5,978

8,400

8,101

Time Expiry

1,854

1,572

2,026

2,147

1,960

Other Reasons

2,564

1,809

2,606

2,917

3,214

According to the Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey (AFCAS) 2024, the top three factors increasing, or strongly increasing, intentions to leave were due to the impact of Service life on family and personal life; opportunities outside the Service and the amount of pay. Full results can be found at the

following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/armed-forces-continuous-attitude-survey-2024


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