At new 2 DEFENCE I FORCE Fieyhelq H9155 w. we em ram 1 mg mummy 'r '11 mm mm rm CIA-20174837 3 February 2017 reler to your email of 27 January 2017 requesting, under the Official Information Act 1982 (0 IA): .. for each of the last five years: the total number ofrecruits, and the number ofthose who were under 18 when recruited .4 by service. The first table reports the number of direct entry Regular Force personnel. Service by Service, between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2016' Table 1: Direct Entry Recruits (01/071/12 - 31/12/15) Service 7 2912 2013 i 2014 2015 2015 Total Navy 169 i 304 254 112 150 1,109 Army 541 606 457 364 330 2,366 Air Force 159 195 192 168 1575 890 Total 979 1 1,105 923 644 713 4,365 The second table reports the number of direct entry Regular Force personnel, Service by Servrce, who were under the age 0118 at time of enlistment, between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2016. Tablez: Direct Entry Recruits Under 13 (01/01/12 7 31/12/16) Total Service 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Navy 7 24 35 20 13 14 1057 Army 30g Aianrge Total 466 The third table reports the percentage of direct entry Regular Force personnel, Service by Service, who were under the age 0118 at the time of enlistment, between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2016: Table 3: Direct Entry Recruits Under 18 (01/01/12 - 31/12/16) Service 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total Navy 8.9% 11.5% 7.6% 11.6% 8.8% 9.6% Army 14.2% 12.2% 18.4% 8.8% 9.5% 12.9% Air Force 3.0% 10.7% 7.3% 3.0% 5.5% 6.1% Total 10.8% 11.8% 13.0% 7.8% 8.4% 10.7% I trust that this fully satis?es your request for information. Yours sincerely Commodore, RNZN Chief of Staff