PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(11 February 2025)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of the number of former armed forces personnel residing in Bromsgrove constituency.
Asked by:
Bradley Thomas (Conservative)
Asked by:
Bradley Thomas (Conservative)
Answer
The House of Commons library has an online data dashboard for constituencies which includes data on veterans taken from the most recent censuses in Great Britain. This is available here:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/constituency-data-uk-armed-forces-veterans-2021-census/
England and Wales Census 2021 data showed that 3,066 people in Bromsgrove constituency reported that they had previously served in the UK Armed Forces. This represents 3.8% of the population in this constituency aged 16 and over. This compares with 3.5% of the population in the West Midlands region and 3.8% in Great Britain.
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