Army: Northern Ireland
(asked on 2nd December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people from Northern Ireland were recruited to the Army in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 8th December 2014
Annual recruitment to the Army from Northern Ireland over the last five years is as follows:
Northern Ireland | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 (to 31 October) |
Regular | 250 | 290 | 270 | 200 | 180 |
Reserve | 190 | 380 | 280 | 90 | 90 |
Figures have been rounded to 10. Numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.