The army had a personnel deficit of almost 5,000 before revising targets down in 2021

Full-time trained army personnel, compared with workforce requirements

FTTS (Full-time trained strength)

Workforce requirement

100,000

Army target reduced

to 73,000

personnel by 2025

90,000

2015 SDSR

80,000

2021 DCA

70,000

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

FTTS (Full-time trained strength)

Workforce requirement

100,000

Army target reduced to 73,000

personnel by 2025

90,000

2015 SDSR

80,000

2021 DCA

70,000

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

Guardian graphic. Source: MoD, House of Commons Library. Note: 2015 SDSR: 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review. 2021 DCA: 2021 Defence Command Paper