PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
77th Brigade (14 September 2016)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of military personnel serving in the 77th Brigade served in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force before joining that unit; and how many such personnel have not previously served in any branch of the armed forces.
Asked by:
Clive Lewis (Labour)
Asked by:
Clive Lewis (Labour)
Answer
| Of the 297 Regular and Reserve personnel currently serving with 77th Brigade, 11 (4%) personnel are from the Royal Navy, 276 (93%) are from the Army and 10 (3%) are from the Royal Air Force. This includes 18 Special Reserve Officers with niche skills, most of whom do not have previous military service. The remainder of the Regular and Reserve personnel have transferred to 77th Brigade from other units. | ||||||
Answered by:
Sir Mike Penning (Conservative)
10 October 2016
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