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Armed Forces Recruitment

Volume 456: debated on Monday 29 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Muslims were recruited to the armed forces in each month since January 2006. (117172)

The Muslim intake from civilian life to UK Regular Forces in 2006, by month is as follows:

All services1

January

10

February

5

March

2

April

5

May

2

June

5

July

10

August

5

September

2

October

2

November

35

1 Due to the introduction of a new personnel administration system, RAF data on the religion of recruits are not available from 1 April 2006, and naval service data from 1 November 2006 are provisional and subject to review.

2 Denotes fewer than 5.

3 Denotes provisional.

Notes:

1. All numbers are rounded to the nearest 5.

2. Due to the rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts.

Figures provided are for the 11 months from 1 January 2006 to 30 November 2006. December 2006 intake from civilian life data are not yet available.