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Army: Scotland

Volume 457: debated on Monday 19 February 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total personnel (a) inflow into and (b) outflow from the Scottish infantry has been in each year since 1997. (119274)

The number of soldiers inflowing and outflowing from the Scottish Division of the Infantry during April 1997 to November 2006 is shown in the following table. Officer figures have been omitted because Officer Cadets are allocated an Arm/Service towards the end of their Commissioning Course at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS).

Intake from civilian life and outflow from UK regular forces for the Scottish Division of the Infantry

Soldier

Financial year

Intake

Outflow

1997-98

750

580

1998-99

750

740

1999-2000

720

750

2000-01

630

590

2001-02

650

600

2002-03

640

600

2003-04

650

630

2004-05

470

600

2005-06

440

570

2006-071

270

380

1 1 April to 30 November 2006.

Notes: 1. The information is for soldiers only and therefore excludes officers. 2. The information is for intake and outflow of Scottish Division personnel in and out of the army and therefore excludes transfers in and out of the Division. 3. The outflow figures incorporate the net balance of long-term illegally absent personnel. 4. The intake figures are based on the individuals' Division on intake, some of whom may be redesignated during training to another Arm/Service. 5. The intake figures include re-enlistments and rejoined reservists. 6. UK Regular Forces includes nursing services and excludes full-time Reserve Service personnel, Gurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. It also includes trained and untrained personnel.. 7. The date periods are for financial years except for financial year 2006-07. 8. The data have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in '5' have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.