Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Recruitment

(asked on 15th May 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of applications were (a) received and (b) voluntarily withdrawn to join the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
This question was answered on 23rd May 2024

The information requested by the right hon. Member is as follows:

Royal Fleet Auxiliary Applications

Year of Application

Applications Received

Applications Withdrawn

Proportion Withdrawn

2011-12

246

101

41%

2012-13

925

360

39%

2013-14

1,375

540

39%

2014-15

2,003

360

18%

2015-16

2,549

282

11%

2016-17

2,595

279

11%

2017-18

2.369

610

26%

2018-19

2,586

1,035

40%

2019-20

2,154

874

41%

2020-21

3,204

1,405

44%

2021-22

2,088

982

47%

2022-23

1,994

893

45%

2023-24

2,502

814

33%

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