Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals

(asked on 12th December 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Commonwealth citizens have been recruited into (a) the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, (b) the Army and (c) the Royal Air Force in each of the last five years.


This question was answered on 20th December 2017

The requested information is provided below:

Intake into the UK Regular Forces - Commonwealth Nationalities

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Royal Navy/Royal Marines

60

40

20

10

40

Army

550

180

70

60

560

Royal Air Force

10

~

10

10

~

Notes

  1. Figures cover the 12 months ending 30 September in each year.
  2. Figures of 5 and below are indicated by "~". Figures above 5 have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in a 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
  3. Intake comprises new entrants, re-entrants, direct trained entrants (including professionally qualified Officers) and intake from the Reserves.
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