Royal Navy: Labour Turnover
(asked on 10th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of staff retention in the Royal Navy.
This question was answered on 13th February 2020
Staff retention trends in the Royal Navy have remained stable with between 7.8% and 9.1% leaving annually over the last five years.
The Royal Navy has introduced a number of initiatives to improve retention. These include targeted retention incentives and career extensions along with rebalancing current uniformed roles ashore to sea-facing roles creating better predictability and stability for frontline personnel and their families.