Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, are in the British army.

As at 1 April 2019, there were 74,940 male and 7,510 female personnel in the Regular Army and Gurkha population, and 25,400 male and 4,060 female personnel in the Army Reserve.

Notes/Caveats:

The Figures are for trained and untrained Regular and Gurkha personnel excluding Full Time Reserve Service.

Reserve figures are taken from the FR20 population consisting of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS contracts who were previously Army Reservists.

Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.