Army: Recruitment
(asked on 21st January 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from each part of the UK applied to join the British Army in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 27th January 2020
The application figures for the last five recruiting years, broken down by Nation, can be found below.
Recruiting Year | England | Northern Ireland | Scotland | Wales |
2014-15 | 78,900 | 3,110 | 9,160 | 6,160 |
2015-16 | 76,580 | 2,790 | 8,940 | 5,510 |
2016-17 | 102,080 | 3,230 | 11,390 | 6,890 |
2017-18 | 86,040 | 2,960 | 9,040 | 5,710 |
2018-19 | 95,380 | 3,340 | 9,620 | 6,560 |
Notes/Caveats:
- Application figures are based on single Service estimates; official statistics have not been produced by Defence Statistics.
- The table includes applications received for both the Regular Army and Reserves.
- If a candidate has made more than one application, each application will be counted separately.
- Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards.
- Applications made to join the Military Provost Guard Service have not been included.
- These figures do not break down the total applications received to join the Army. Applications will have also been received from the Channel Islands, Republic of Ireland, Commonwealth countries and British Overseas Territories.