Armed Forces: Recruitment
(asked on 17th May 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his Answer of 9 December to Question 103014 on Armed Forces: Huntington's Disease, if he will make an estimate of the average length of time recruits serve in the armed forces.
The table below details the average (mean) Length of Service of Trained (Royal Navy/Royal Marines and Royal Air Force) and Trade Trained (Army) UK Regulars on Exit (in years) by Service and Officer/Rank:
| 1 Jan 2018-31 Dec 2018 | 1 Jan 2019-31 Dec 2019 | 1 Jan 2020-31 Dec 2020 | 1 Jan 2021-31 Dec 2021 | 1 Jan 2022-31 Dec 2022 |
Tri Service/Officer/Other Rank | 12/19/11 | 13/19/12 | 13/20/12 | 14/21/12 | 13/21/12 |
RN/RM/Officer/Other Rank | 12/20/11 | 13/20/12 | 13/21/12 | 14/21/13 | 13/21/12 |
Army/Officer/Other Rank | 11/18/10 | 11/18/10 | 12/19/11 | 12/20/11 | 12/21/11 |
RAF/Officer/Other Rank | 16/20/15 | 17/21/16 | 17/22/16 | 18/23/17 | 16/21/16 |