Army: Recruitment
(asked on 4th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) men and (b) women have applied to join the Army since the commencement of the This is Belonging campaign.
The table below shows the number of Army applicants between 1 January (the start of the ‘This is Belonging’ campaign) and 31 August 2017 broken down by gender.
| Regular | Regular | Reserve | Reserve |
| Officer | Soldier | Officer | Soldier |
Male | 6,840 | 39,710 | 3,240 | 22,050 |
Female | 2,600 | 8,350 | 1,380 | 6,400 |
Notes
This question has been answered using information held in recruiting data. Figures provided are a single service estimate and are not official statistics.
An applicant has been defined as someone who has applied and their data has been loaded onto the recruitment database.
Reserves figures are for Group A Reserves. These are Reserves who are recruited through the National Recruiting Centre and are available for employment on specific tasks at home and overseas.
Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in five have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.