(2) how many Commonwealth citizens have been recruited to the Royal Regiment of Scotland in each year since 2007.
Figures for entrants to the Regular Battalions of Royal Regiment of Scotland (RRS) as a whole are as follows:
Soldiers Of which: Commonwealth citizens Officers 2007-08 220 18 19 2008-09 177 31 13 2009-10 305 58 —
These figures reflect the numbers who have passed out of training into the RRS. They therefore exclude those who have rejoined the regiment and those who have transferred into it from other regiments.
No Commonwealth citizens have passed into the RRS as officers during this period.