Tom Brake – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

January 1, 2023 admin 2016, Parliamentary Question, Tom Brake

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tom Brake on 2016-06-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel handed in a formal notice of resignation in each month between January 2010 and January 2014.

Mark Lancaster

Details of the number of trained Armed Forces personnel who handed in a formal notice of resignation during the period requested 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 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 for the Royal Navy/Royal Marines (RN/RM) and Army do not include people who requested to leave but had their application refused.

Royal Navy/Royal Marines

Month	Number of Voluntary Outflow applications
January 2010	130
February 2010	100
March 2010	110
April 2010	90
May 2010	110
June 2010	110
July 2010	90
August 2010	80
September 2010	100
October 2010	110
November 2010	70
December 2010	100
January 2011	80
February 2011	100
March 2011	120
April 2011	100
May 2011	120
June 2011	180
July 2011	160
August 2011	50
September 2011	210
October 2011	110
November 2011	190
December 2011	60
January 2012	90
February 2012	140
March 2012	180
April 2012	120
May 2012	100
June 2012	140
July 2012	120
August 2012	90
September 2012	150
October 2012	130
November 2012	100
December 2012	80
January 2013	100
February 2013	120
March 2013	140
April 2013	110
May 2013	140
June 2013	110
July 2013	140
August 2013	60
September 2013	130
October 2013	160
November 2013	150
December 2013	70

Army

Month	Number of Voluntary Outflow applications
January 2010	470
February 2010	370
March 2010	390
April 2010	360
May 2010	430
June 2010	430
July 2010	440
August 2010	330
September 2010	570
October 2010	370
November 2010	450
December 2010	220
January 2011	720
February 2011	490
March 2011	460
April 2011	450
May 2011	600
June 2011	560
July 2011	470
August 2011	460
September 2011	710
October 2011	520
November 2011	570
December 2011	230
January 2012	710
February 2012	540
March 2012	500
April 2012	460
May 2012	500
June 2012	450
July 2012	460
August 2012	360
September 2012	540
October 2012	460
November 2012	380
December 2012	150
January 2013	520
February 2013	380
March 2013	330
April 2013	410
May 2013	400
June 2013	580
July 2013	560
August 2013	260
September 2013	610
October 2013	440
November 2013	390
December 2013	200

Royal Air Force

Month	Number of Voluntary Outflow applications
January 2010	80
February 2010	80
March 2010	80
April 2010	60
May 2010	50
June 2010	70
July 2010	50
August 2010	60
September 2010	90
October 2010	60
November 2010	90
December 2010	50
January 2011	120
February 2011	80
March 2011	130
April 2011	90
May 2011	130
June 2011	120
July 2011	110
August 2011	120
September 2011	140
October 2011	110
November 2011	120
December 2011	80
January 2012	150
February 2012	130
March 2012	140
April 2012	120
May 2012	130
June 2012	160
July 2012	140
August 2012	130
September 2012	160
October 2012	190
November 2012	140
December 2012	100
January 2013	190
February 2013	130
March 2013	160
April 2013	140
May 2013	130
June 2013	140
July 2013	150
August 2013	110
September 2013	170
October 2013	150
November 2013	140
December 2013	110

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.

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