Speeches

Gregory Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-01-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women were recruited to the Royal Navy in each of the last three years.

Penny Mordaunt

The table below shows the number of women recruited to the Royal Naval Service (separated into Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Marines Band Service (RMBS)) for each twelve month period, ending 30 November 2015.

RN

RMBS

TOTAL

1 Dec 2012 – 30 Nov 2013

210

10

220

1 Dec 2013 – 30 Nov 2014

290

10

300

1 Dec 2014 – 30 Nov 2015

280

10

290

Figures are rounded, in accordance with Defence Statistics policy.