Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of people from the North East of England who have enlisted in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy in each of the last five years.

The North East of England has been interpreted to mean one of the nine Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) of England: https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/geography/ukgeographies/eurostat#north-east-england

The requested information is provided in the following tables. All figures are single Service estimates and as such, are non-comparable:

Royal Navy (RN) / Royal Marines (RM)

The numbers of RN/RM Other Ranks (Regular and Reserve) recruited in the last five full Financial Years (FY) through Armed Forces Careers Offices in Middlesbrough and Newcastle are as follows:

Officer recruitment has not been included as this is carried out on a regional basis; officer recruits from the North-East are recruited alongside recruits from the whole of Northern England through the Manchester Officer Careers Liaison Centre. The figures do not necessarily indicate that the individuals reside in the North East.

Army

The table below shows the number of people who have enlisted in the Army for each of the last five Financial Years, with a contact address within the North East.

Figures relate to untrained intake to initial training (Phase 1) by Recruiting Year. Figures do not include Gurkhas, Gibraltarians or Military Provost Guard Service. The figures do not necessarily indicate that individuals reside in the North East.

Royal Air Force (RAF)

The numbers of Regular RAF Service personnel (Officers and Other Ranks) who enlisted through the Armed Forces Careers Offices in Newcastle are as follows:

The figures do not necessarily indicate that the individuals reside in the North East.

There is no unit within the North East which has Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF, RAF Reserves) Squadrons. RAF Leeming in the Yorkshire and The Humber NUTS is the closest location for individuals from the North East to join the RAuxAF. The figures for RAF Reservists enlisted at RAF Leeming are as follows:

All numbers have been rounded. Totals may not equal the sum of their parts. All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias.