Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people currently serving in the armed forces were born (a) in other EU countries and (b) outside the EU; and in which countries those armed forces personnel were born.
The requested information is provided below:
Country of Birth | Numbers of Regular Armed Forces personnel as at 1 April 2017 |
Egypt | 10 |
Ethiopia | 10 |
Israel | 10 |
Somalia | 10 |
Turkey | 10 |
Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of | 10 |
Yemen | 10 |
Ecuador | 10 |
Afghanistan | 10 |
British Indian Ocean Territory | 10 |
Montserrat | 10 |
Bahamas | 10 |
Papua New Guinea | 10 |
Rwanda | 10 |
Tonga | 10 |
Iran - Islamic Republic of | 10 |
Jersey | 10 |
Barbados | 10 |
Indonesia | 10 |
Kuwait | 10 |
Oman | 10 |
Namibia | 10 |
Russian Federation | 10 |
Brazil | 10 |
Swaziland | 10 |
Colombia | 10 |
Bermuda | 20 |
Seychelles | 20 |
Switzerland | 20 |
Norway | 20 |
Bahrain | 20 |
Japan | 20 |
Tanzania - United Republic of | 20 |
Sri Lanka | 20 |
China | 20 |
Saint Helena - Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 30 |
Botswana | 30 |
Guyana | 30 |
Dominica | 30 |
Ukraine | 30 |
Malaysia | 40 |
Saudi Arabia | 40 |
Sierra Leone | 40 |
United Arab Emirates | 40 |
Pakistan | 40 |
Thailand | 50 |
Bangladesh | 50 |
Belize | 50 |
Brunei Darussalam | 50 |
Philippines | 50 |
Mauritius | 60 |
Zambia | 80 |
Uganda | 90 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 90 |
Singapore | 100 |
Gibraltar | 120 |
New Zealand | 130 |
Cameroon | 130 |
Grenada | 140 |
Canada | 150 |
United States | 170 |
Malawi | 200 |
Australia | 210 |
Gambia | 220 |
Saint Lucia | 230 |
India | 240 |
Nigeria | 250 |
Kenya | 270 |
Cyprus | 300 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 440 |
Zimbabwe | 470 |
Jamaica | 470 |
Hong Kong | 610 |
Ghana | 800 |
South Africa | 1,160 |
Nepal | 1,320 |
Fiji | 1,550 |
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Other | 150 |
Total | 11,120 |
Note: numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 and countries with less than five personnel have been aggregated into an ‘other’ category in accordance with disclosure control and rounding policy. |