Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's target was for recruitment of (a) officers and (b) other ranks into the British Army for each of the first three quarters in the 2023-24 financial year.
I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 January to Question 7264 from the right hon. Member for Wentworth and Dearne (Mr Healey) which shows the Basic Training Starts (BTS) Targets for British Army Other Ranks for financial year 2022-23.
Demand targets for BTS are set annually. Quarterly targets are used for internal guidance and they can change in-year in order to meet the annual target.
The table below shows those internal targets for the first three quarters of 2023-24:
Financial Year | Other Ranks Basic Training Starts Targets |
2023-24 Quarter 1 | 1,890 |
2023-24 Quarter 2 | 2,760 |
2023-24 Quarter 3 | 2,120 |
There are no targets for Officers BTS.
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