Welsh Guards: Recruitment
(asked on 14th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits to the Welsh Guards regiment were resident in Wales in each of the last five years.
The number of recruits to the Royal Welsh regiment and Welsh Guards regiment who were resident in Wales in each of the last four years is shown in the table below. Data prior to 2013-14 is not held centrally.
| Financial Year | |||
2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | |
Welsh Guards regiment | 20 | 60 | 50 | 30 |
Royal Welsh regiment | 40 | 70 | 80 | 70 |
Data is a single service estimate and not official statistics.
Data is based on recruits who were assigned to a Phase 1 training course and expressed a first preference for the relevant infantry regiment.
Data is based upon recruit postcode being affiliated with one of the Army Careers Centres in Wales.
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
Rounding is necessary, as a means of disclosure control and the preservation of anonymity.