Army: Germany
(asked on 4th February 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British soldiers have been stationed in Germany in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse has been of maintaining those troops in each of those years.
Official statistics for the number of British Army personnel stationed in Germany since 1April 2009 is provided below:
Date of data reporting | Number of Army personnel |
1 April 2009 | 18,770 |
1 April 2010 | 18,780 |
1 April 2011 | 17,950 |
1 April 2012 | 16,740 |
1 April 2013 | 14,620 |
1 April 2014 | 12,780 |
1 April 2015 | 9,870 |
1 April 2016 | 5,120 |
1 April 2017 | 3,690 |
1 April 2018 | 3,390 |
Notes:
- Figures from 1 Apr 2009 are Official Statistics and are for UK Regular Forces (including both Trained and Untrained personnel), and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.
- Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
Information related to the annual cost of maintaining these personnel in Germany is not held centrally for this period and, where available, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.