Official Statistics

UK armed forces personnel statistics: background quality reports

Background quality reports for statistics on UK armed forces and reserves strength, intake, outflow and demographic information.

• From: Ministry of Defence
• Published: 1 May 2012
• Last updated: 11 October 2024 — See all updates

Documents

Background quality report UK armed forces: April 2024

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Background quality report UK armed forces: April 2024

PDF, 640 KB, 41 pages

Background quality report UK armed forces: April 2023

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Background quality report UK armed forces: April 2023

PDF, 678 KB, 38 pages

Background quality report UK armed forces: October 2022

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Background quality report UK armed forces: October 2022

PDF, 575 KB, 28 pages

Background quality report UK armed forces: May 2021

PDF, 349 KB, 27 pages

Background quality report UK armed forces: June 2020

PDF, 276 KB, 27 pages

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Background quality report UK armed forces: February 2019

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Background quality report UK armed forces: November 2016

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Background quality report UK armed forces: August 2015

PDF, 188 KB, 23 pages

Background quality report UK armed forces: November 2014

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Background quality report UK armed forces: January 2014

PDF, 60.6 KB, 7 pages

Background quality report UK armed forces: December 2013

PDF, 61.5 KB, 7 pages

Background quality report UK armed forces: May 2012

PDF, 59.3 KB, 8 pages

Background quality report UK armed forces: June 2011

PDF, 85.9 KB, 7 pages

Details

The purpose of a background quality report is to inform users of the statistics about the quality of the data used to produce the publication and any statistics derived from that data.

Published 1 May 2012
Last updated 11 October 2024 + show all updates

1. 11 October 2024

   Updated 'Background quality report UK armed forces: April 2024' with definitions reported in the biannual diversity statistics for protected characteristics: gender, age, religion, nationality, sexual orientation and ethnicity.

2. 17 July 2024

   Added Background quality report UK armed forces: April 2024.

3. 20 April 2023

   Added Background quality report UK armed forces: April 2023.

4. 15 December 2022

   Added: Background quality report UK armed forces for October 2022.

5. 27 May 2021

   Addition of: Background quality report UK armed forces for May 2021.

6. 2 June 2020

   Added the Background quality report UK armed forces for June 2020.

7. 21 February 2019

   Added Background quality report UK armed forces: February 2019.

8. 17 November 2016

   Added Background quality report UK armed forces: November 2016.

9. 13 August 2015

   Added August 2015 BQR.

10. 16 December 2014

    Added Background quality report UK armed forces: November 2014.

11. 1 May 2012

    First published.