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Army: Termination of Employment

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 31 March 2025UIN 40143

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British Army full-time personnel (a) retired and (b) left the profession for other reasons in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Al Carns

The requested information is published in the Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics, the latest edition of which (1 January 2025) can be found at the following address: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2025

Table 5d - Row 43 to 60 shows the Army Outflow numbers.

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