Defence: Recruitment

Senator Chris Evans asked the Minister representing the Minister Assisting the Minister for Defence, upon notice, on 21 March 2002:

1. How many inquiries were made about joining each of the three services in 1996, 1997, 2001 and to date in 2002 (please breakdown the data into (a) male and (b) female inquirers). (For the years in between, we are relying upon the figures on page 65 of the 2020 Report. If these are wrong or have been updated, please provide any updates or corrections for 1998, 1999 and 2000).
2. Can the same data on the number of inquiries about joining the Reserves between 1996 and 2002 be provided.
3. How many applications were there for each of the three services in 1996, 1997, 2001 and to date in 2002 (please breakdown figures into male and female applicants, and also provide the number of applicants to the Reserves between 1996 and 2002).
4. How many enlistments were there in each of the three services in 1996, 1997, 2001 and to date in 2002 (please breakdown figures into male and female enlistees, and also provide the number of people joining the Reserves between 1996 and 2002).
5. Can the actual numbers leaving each of the three services from 1990 to date be provided in tabular form (please also show these numbers as a percentage of the total in each of the services at the relevant point and breakdown this information into male and female separations, and provide the same information for the Reserves).

Senator Hill - The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

1. and (2) See Table entitled Enquiries.
3. See Table entitled Applications Received.
4. See Table entitled Enlistments.
5. See Table entitled Separations. The Navy and Air Force Workforce Planning sections do not currently maintain Reserve separation statistics, therefore, only the Army Reserve separation data is provided.

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