Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at RAF Fairford as of May 2024.

The hon. Member’s Question has been interpreted to mean the number of UK Armed Forces Personnel at the unit. As at 1 January 2024, the number of UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at RAF Fairford was less than or equal to 5.

Please note, UK Forces Service Personnel comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full-Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Air Squadron Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes trained and untrained personnel.

The figure includes Reserve personnel and is therefore an estimate because the stationed location data for Reserves has not been fully verified.

Data has been provided as at 1 January 2024 to align with published Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics.