Tim Farron – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tim Farron on 2016-04-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel handed in a formal notice of resignation in each month since January 2014.
Mark Lancaster
Details of the number of Armed Forces personnel who have handed in a formal notice of resignation since January 2014 are given in the tables below. The information provided is an estimate of the number of applications made by Service personnel to leave before the end of their agreed engagement or commission period. It relates to those who have an application to leave recorded on their personnel record on the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system.
Voluntary Outflow (VO) is defined as all exits from trained personnel which are voluntarily generated by the individual before the end of their agreed engagement or commission period.
It should be noted that the figures do not include people who request to leave but have their application refused, or their application is not completed appropriately.
ROYAL NAVY
|
Month |
Number of Voluntary Outflow applications |
|
January 2014 |
30 |
|
February 2014 |
370 |
|
March 2014 |
190 |
|
April 2014 |
150 |
|
May 2014 |
240 |
|
June 2014 |
130 |
|
July 2014 |
190 |
|
August 2014 |
110 |
|
September 2014 |
220 |
|
October 2014 |
170 |
|
November 2014 |
170 |
|
December 2014 |
70 |
|
January 2015 |
150 |
|
February 2015 |
140 |
|
March 2015 |
140 |
|
April 2015 |
140 |
|
May 2015 |
140 |
|
June 2015 |
150 |
|
July 2015 |
120 |
|
August 2015 |
100 |
|
September 2015 |
180 |
|
October 2015 |
140 |
|
November 2015 |
140 |
|
December 2015 |
110 |
|
January 2016 |
130 |
In accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy, all figures are rounded to the nearest 10, and numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.
ARMY
|
Month |
Number of Voluntary Outflow Applications |
|
January 2014 |
510 |
|
February 2014 |
570 |
|
March 2014 |
510 |
|
April 2014 |
480 |
|
May 2014 |
460 |
|
June 2014 |
510 |
|
July 2014 |
420 |
|
August 2014 |
320 |
|
September 2014 |
680 |
|
October 2014 |
520 |
|
November 2014 |
460 |
|
December 2014 |
230 |
|
January 2015 |
680 |
|
February 2015 |
470 |
|
March 2015 |
400 |
|
April 2015 |
460 |
|
May 2015 |
450 |
|
June 2015 |
470 |
|
July 2015 |
410 |
|
August 2015 |
340 |
|
September 2015 |
580 |
|
October 2015 |
450 |
|
November 2015 |
400 |
|
December 2015 |
210 |
|
January 2016 |
210 |
In accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy, all figures are rounded to the nearest 10, and numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.
ROYAL AIR FORCE
|
Month |
Number of Voluntary Outflow Applications |
|
January 2014 |
260 |
|
February 2014 |
210 |
|
March 2014 |
240 |
|
April 2014 |
180 |
|
May 2014 |
200 |
|
June 2014 |
190 |
|
July 2014 |
220 |
|
August 2014 |
180 |
|
September 2014 |
250 |
|
October 2014 |
220 |
|
November 2014 |
210 |
|
December 2014 |
150 |
|
January 2015 |
240 |
|
February 2015 |
170 |
|
March 2015 |
220 |
|
April 2015 |
200 |
|
May 2015 |
160 |
|
June 2015 |
190 |
|
July 2015 |
170 |
|
August 2015 |
160 |
|
September 2015 |
210 |
|
October 2015 |
190 |
|
November 2015 |
270 |
|
December 2015 |
130 |
|
January 2016 |
250 |
In accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy, all figures are rounded to the nearest 10, and numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.
