PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Army: Recruitment (21 May 2019)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits were enlisted into the regular army in financial year 2018-19.
Asked by:
Mr Mark Francois (Conservative)
Asked by:
Mr Mark Francois (Conservative)
Answer
The total number of personnel enlisted and commissioned, in the case of Officers, into the regular Army in 2018-19 was 6,985. Of this 6,315 were soldiers and 640 officers. In addition, a further 400 Gurkhas were enlisted into the Brigade of Gurkhas.
Answered by:
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative)
4 June 2019
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