Armed Forces: Young People

(asked on 19th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of armed forces personnel in the trained strength are under 18 years old.


This question was answered on 27th February 2018

As at 1 October 2017 there were 69 Armed Forces personnel in the trained strength under 18 years. This is less than 0.1% of the total trained strength. Under 18s in the trained strength cannot be deployed on front line operations.

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