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Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what personnel levels are in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) reserve forces.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
6 Mar 2025
Target answer date
10 Mar 2025
Answer
14 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what personnel levels are in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy, (c) Royal Air Force and (d) reserve forces.

  2. 10 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Statistics on the strength of UK service personnel are published on gov.uk at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2025 As at 1 January 2025, the latest date for when data is available, Table ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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