Armed Forces: Wales
(asked on 1st May 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) army personnel resided in Wales before assuming active service in the last five years.
The requested information is provided in the following table:
Proportion of Welsh Intake to the Untrained Regular Armed Forces, by Financial Year and Service
Financial Year | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
Royal Navy/Royal Marines | 3.9% | 4.6% | 4.9% | 4.8% | 4.9% |
Army | 4.1% | 5.9% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.9% |
Royal Air Force | 5.5% | 5.6% | 5.4% | 4.0% | 4.9% |
Notes:
1) UK Regulars are Full-time Service personnel, including Nursing Services, but excluding Full Time Reserve Personnel, Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service, Locally Employed Personnel and Non Regular Permanent Staff.
2) Figures include both Officers and Other Ranks.
3) Figures may include personnel who have joined more than once during the time period.
4) For Army, figures have been provided based on postcode at the time of recruitment, with input provided by both Defence Statistics(Army) and Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command. It was not possible to match the location for around 8% of Army personnel, some of whom could have resided in Wales.
5) Royal Navy/Royal Marines and Royal Air Force recruits have been interpreted as those who joined through Welsh Armed Forces Careers Offices.