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
- Figures cover the 12 months ending 30 September in each year.
- 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.
- Intake comprises new entrants, re-entrants, direct trained entrants (including professionally qualified Officers) and intake from the Reserves.