Armed Forces: Recruitment
(asked on 10th March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the drop-out rates were for applicants to the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in the most recent period for which figures are available.
Responses from the single Services are as follows:
Naval Service
Application Year | Applications | % Withdrawn | % Rejected | % Entered Service | % of applications still Active |
2019-20 | 28,420 | 50.3% | 29.2% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
Army
Recruiting Year 2019-20
Stream | Total Applications | Total Withdrawn | Withdrawn – Non Productive Enquiry | Withdrawn - Other | Basic Training Started |
Regular Officer | 10,113 | 6,051 | 3,673 | 2,378 | 701 |
Regular Other Rank | 89,114 | 53,320 | 38,419 | 14,901 | 8,905 |
Royal Air Force
Recruiting Year 2019-20
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Note:
The figures include applications processed via the Defence Recruiting System and all completed applications prior to initial eligibility vetting but do not include in-progress applications. Candidates who have been rejected or withdrawn their applications can reapply.