Navy

(asked on 9th October 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the numerical strength of (1) the Royal Navy, (2) the Royal Naval Reserve, and (3) the Royal Marines.


Answered by
Earl Howe Portrait
Earl Howe
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This question was answered on 23rd October 2018

The following table contains the numerical strength of the Regular and Reserve Forces at July 2018.

Full Time Trained and Trade Trained Strength

Trained Future Reserves 2020

Royal Navy/Royal Marines

29,154

2,774

Army

76,877

26,789

RAF

30,276

2,557

Full Time Trained and Trade Trained includes UK Regulars, Gurkhas and elements of Full Time Reserve Service Personnel.

The figures are published in the Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/735714/1_July_2018_-_SPS.xlsx

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