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Navy: Termination of Employment

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 17 March 2025UIN 37113

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy service personnel (a) retired and (b) left the profession for other reasons in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Al Carns

The number of Royal Navy service personnel who retired and left the profession for other reasons by Calendar Years 2015 to 2019 can be found in the table below:

Calendar Year

End of Engagement

All Other Outflow

2015

1200

1500

2016

1150

1480

2017

1180

1460

2018

1170

1450

2019

1160

1430

2020

1140

1420

2021

1130

1410

2022

1120

1400

2023

1110

1390

2024

1100

1380

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