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Ref: FOI 2021/03638 4 August 2021 . Dear . Thank you for your correspondence of 25 February 2021 requesting the following information: "I would be grateful if you could assist me with DS (Air) statistics for a matter I am dealing with, the details of which are: Trade: RAF Pilot Length of service: New Entrant
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- Introduction
- Policy Background
- UK Service Personnel
- Full-Time Trained Strength
- Full-Time Trained and Trade-Trained Strength
- UK Regular Personnel
- Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) Programme Monitoring
- Separated Service
- Applications to The Armed Forces
- Further Information
This publication contains information on the strength, intake, outflow and gains to trained strength for the UK Armed Forces overall and each of the Services; Royal Navy/Royal Marines (RN/RM), Army and Royal Air Force (RAF). The Ministry of Defence (MOD) announced on 29 June 2016 that it was changing the Army trained, disciplined manpower by changi...
The main factors affecting decisions about the size of the Armed Forces required by the MODto achieve success in its military tasks include: 1. An assessment of current and future threats to UK national security. 2. The need for contingent / reactive capability – the requirement to be able to respond immediately to domestic or international crisis....
UK Service Personnel comprise the total strength of the military personnel employed by the Ministry of Defence (Excel tables, Table 1). The current strength of the UK Service Personnel is 198,880 which includes 1. All UK Regular personnel and all Gurkha personnel (which combined at 1 July 2021 comprised 77.1 per cent of UK Service Personnel). 2. Vo...
The total Full-Time Trained Strength (RN/RM & RAF) and Full-Time Trade Trained Strength (Army) has increased between 1 July 2020 and 1 July 2021 by 3.9 per cent (5,140 personnel). The FTTS (RN/RM), FTTTS (Army) and FTTS (RAF) has increased by 2.9 per cent, 5.5 per cent and 0.9 per cent, respectively, as shown in Table 2. Table 2: FTTS (RN/RM & RAF)...
Table 3: Comparison of Full-Time Trained and Trade-Trained Strengths (Army) Figure 2: FTTS & FTTTSin the Army since Trained Strength definition change (Oct 16) As can be seen from Figure 2 above, Army trained strength (FTTS) and Army Trade Trained strength (FTTTS) has been increasing since April 2019 and October 2019 respectively. The trained and t...
As at 1 July 2021, the Trained and Untrained Strength of the UK Regular Forces (which excludes Gurkhas) was 149,230. The Service split for this figure can be found in Table 5 below. There are 11,370 untrained personnel in the UK Regular Forces (excluding Gurkhas), of which 4,650 are in the RN/RM, 3,130 in the Army and 3,580 are in the RAF. The Untr...
Following consultation on changes to the Army Trained Strength definition and the removal of the FR20 intake targets, the MODreleased Future Reserves 2020 Trained Strength growth profiles in a Written Ministerial Statement on 8 November 2016. Reporting of the growth of the Reserves will be based on Trained Strength profiles only.
Separated service measures absence from normal place of duty. The time an individual experiences separated service is compared against each Service’s “Individual Harmony” guidelines to ensure a balance between duty and leisure for all Service personnel. A breach of individual harmony guidelines occurs when Service personnel experience separated ser...
The figures in this publication include applications to the UK Regular and Volunteer Reserve Forces. They are broken down by Service, and by Officers and Other Ranks. Applications that do not result in intake The main causes of applicant failure(i.e. no offer to join the Services given) include: 1. Failing security clearance; 2. Failing the medical...
Rounding
Apart from the Applications section, all figures in this publication 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. For example; a value of “25” would be rounded down to “20” and a value of “15” would be rounded up to “20”. Additionally, totals and sub-totals are rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts. Percentages are c...
Revisions
Corrections to the published statistics will be made if errors are found, or if figures change as a result of improvements to methodology or changes to definitions. When making corrections, we will follow the Ministry of Defence Statistics Revisions and Corrections Policy. All corrected figures will be identified by the symbol “r”, and an explanation will be given of the reason for and size of the revision. Corrections which would have a significant impact on the utility of the statistics wil...
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Analysis Tri-Service welcome feedback on our statistical products. If you have any comments or questions about this publication or about our statistics in general, you can contact us as follows: Responsible statistician: Analysis Tri-Service Email: Analysis-Tri-Service@mod.gov.uk Telephone:020 7807 8896 If you require information which is not available within this or other available publications, you may wish to submit a Request for Information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to the...
Oct 10, 2022 · There are currently 33,140 regular RAF personnel, of whom 29,620 (89.4%) are trained, according to the Ministry of Defence's latest quarterly service personnel statistics, released in July 2022. There were 33,370 regular Royal Air Force personnel at the same stage in 2021.
Dec 15, 2022 · Applications to the RAF Regular Forces in the 12 months to 31 December 2021 were 26,626, a decrease of 32.3 per cent compared to the 12 months to 31 December 2020 (39,351). Over the same period ...
PLEASE READ. RAF RECRUITMENT. Royal Air Force – The Full Application Process. The following breakdown is to give all applicants an idea of the different stages of the process for joining the RAF, what they entail and a potential timescale. We will break down both Officer and Other Rank processes.
The RAF trains with the our Commonwealth allies in Malaysia, to strengthen the interoperability and coordination of the five military powers (the UK, Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, and Singapore). The RAF will next participate in 2023. Germany, Netherlands, USA, and NATO partners.
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at 1 July 2021 An increase of 5,340 (2.8 per cent) since 1 July 2020 137,390Full-time Trained Strength (RN/RM & RAF) and Full-time Trade Trained Strength (Army) at 1 July 2021 An increase of 5,140 (3.9 per cent) since 1 July 2020 17,350People joined the UK Regular Armed Forces in the past 12 months (1 July 2020 - 30 June 2021)
