Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Foreign and Commonwealth personnel are serving in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force, (c) Royal Navy, (d) Royal Marines, broken down by (i) regular and (ii) reserve status.
Data as at 1 October 2020 for the Regular trained strength and Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) are provided in the table below.
| Royal Navy | Royal Marines | Army | Royal Air Force | |||||||
Regular | FR20 | Regular | FR20 | Regular | FR20 | Regular | FR20 |
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Commonwealth | 570 | 10 | 110 | 10 | 3,880 | 140 | 120 | 20 |
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Nepalese | 10 | - | ~ | ~ | 590 | 60 | 10 | - |
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Irish | 30 | 10 | 20 | ~ | 410 | 130 | 20 | 10 |
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The Brigade of Gurkhas are not part of the Regular strength of the Army. However, as of 1 October 2020, their trained strength was 3,740.
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