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Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 January 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 January 2017. It was answered by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Tuesday, 31 January 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

RAF Regiment: Recruitment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the shortfall was for the recruitment of reserve and regular gunners and officers in the RAF Regiment in the last 12 months.

Answer

The information is not held in the format requested as data is collected by Financial Year, not calendar year.

The table below provides the figures for the RAF Regiment Regular and Reserves Gunner and Officer Intake into Training targets, numbers of individuals recruited and the shortfall of recruitment numbers for the current Financial Year (2016-17), note there are three months of the Financial Year remaining.

RAF Regiment

Target for Intake into Training for Financial Year 2016-17

Number of individuals Recruited as at 31 December 2016

Shortfall of Recruitment Numbers as at 31 December 2016

Reserve Gunner

137

109

28

Reserve Officer

7

1

6

Regular Gunner

200

146

54

Regular Officer

24

24

0


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
61397
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Recruitment RAF Regiment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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