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Armed Forces

Asked by Dr Neil Shastri-HurstConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 29 April 2025UIN 46349

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people served in the Armed Forces (a) in total and (b) by service between 2003 to 2023.

Answered by Al Carns

The requested information is shown in the attached spreadsheet. UK service personnel statistics on strengths, requirements, intake, applications and outflow is published quarterly on GOV.UK here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-index

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