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Armed Forces: Foreigners

Volume 493: debated on Monday 8 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of personnel in each regiment of the Army were Commonwealth soldiers at the latest date for which figures are available. (278243)

Personnel data by regiment are not held in the format requested. However, the following Army figures provided are available.

Training Regular Army Commonwealth Officers and Soldiers as at 1 April 2009

Army/Service

Number1 of personnel with a Commonwealth nationality

Percentage of personnel with a Commonwealth nationality

Total

6,380

6.8

Staff

0

0

HCAV/RAC

250

4.5

RA

635

8.8

RE

375

4.2

R SIGNALS

180

2.3

INF

1,725

7.4

AAC

100

4.8

RAChD

*

*

RLC

1,995

13.5

RAMC

230

78

REME

340

3.6

AGC (RMP)

20

1.2

AGC (SPS)

335

9.6

AGC (MPS)

*

*

AGC(ETS)

5

2.0

AGC(ALS)

*

*

AGC (Unknown)

5

12.8

RAVC

5

2.4

SASC

0

0

RADC

55

14.4

INT CORPS

*

*

APTC

*

*

QARANC

95

11.7

CAMus

10

1.5

GSC

0

0

LSL

*

*

No Value

0

0

1 denotes provisional. Due to the ongoing validation of data on the Joint Personnel Administration System all Army data from 1 April 2007 are provisional and subject to review.

Notes:

1. Percentages have been calculated using a denominator that includes all trained regular strength with a known nationality. It therefore excludes FTRS and Gurkhas but includes those individuals who have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP.

2. Totals have been rounded to the nearest 10 for presentation purposes.

3. Data have been rounded to the nearest 5 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality

4. Data less than 5 have been suppressed and replaced with ‘*’.

5. Totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.