Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Russian nationals who are holders of tier 1 visas have been identified as having previously been in the Russian armed forces.

For all Tier 1 entry clearance applications, applicants were required to confirm if they have had previous employment in the Armed Forces.

This data is only captured in a free text field, which would entail a manual trawl of individual records to capture the information requested.