PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals (12 December 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Commonwealth citizens have been recruited into (a) the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, (b) the Army and (c) the Royal Air Force in each of the last five years.

Asked by:
Andrew Bowie (Conservative)

The requested information is provided below:

Intake into the UK Regular Forces - Commonwealth Nationalities

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Royal Navy/Royal Marines	60	40	20	10	40
Army	550	180	70	60	560
Royal Air Force	10	~	10	10	~

Notes

1. Figures cover the 12 months ending 30 September in each year.
2. Figures of 5 and below are indicated by "~". Figures above 5 have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in a 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
3. Intake comprises new entrants, re-entrants, direct trained entrants (including professionally qualified Officers) and intake from the Reserves.

Answered by:
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative)
20 December 2017