To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the Royal Ghurkha Rifles (a) applied for indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom and (b) left the Army in 2007. (187429)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 18 February 2008, Official Report, column 100W, to the hon. Member for North Wiltshire (Mr. Gray). Serving Ghurkhas can not apply for indefinite leave to remain in the UK.

During the period 1 April 2007 to 20 February 2008 a total of 18 officers and other ranks from the Royal Ghurkha Rifles left the Army.