Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel have been made involuntarily redundant in each year since 2010.

Detailed statistics on the numbers of Service personnel either applying or selected for redundancy in the UK Armed Forces redundancy programme 2011-2015 (Tranches 1 to 4) have been published at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-armed-forces-redundancy-program-statistics-index

The redundancies in all four tranches were compulsory. However, eligible personnel (by rank, branch or trade) were able to apply for selection for compulsory redundancy. Applicants formed 62% of those made redundant in Tranche 1, 72% in Tranche 2, 84% in Tranche 3 and 72% in Tranche 4.

The vast majority of Service personnel who were made redundant through this programme had left Service by March 2016. Another eight personnel left their Service on redundancy terms between April 2016 and December 2017. Since then, no additional Service personnel have been made redundant.