Armed Forces
(asked on 11th July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent estimate he has made of the size of the (a) regular armed forces community and (b) reserve armed forces community including the partners, spouses and children of people serving in the armed forces.
The requested information is provided below:
Number of Service Personnel and Estimate of the Number of Children and Marital Status as at 1 April 2019
| Number of Service Personnel | Estimated Number of children | Estimated Numbers Married or in a Civil Partnership |
UK Regular Forces1 | 144,430 | 48,160 | 62,680 |
Future Reserves 20202 | 36,400 | 10,610 | 14,380 |
Total | 180,830 | 58,770 | 77,060 |
Notes:
1. Figures exclude Gurkhas, Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, Military Provost Guard Service, Locally Engaged Personnel and elements of the Full-time Reserve Service (FTRS).
- Future Reserves 2020 includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reserves and Volunteer Reserve personnel serving on Additional Duties Commitment or FTRS contracts. Non Regular Permanent Staff, Expeditionary Forces Institute and University Officer Cadets and Regular Reservists are excluded.
- Figures for the number of children and marital status are estimates as the data is self-declared and has not been verified by Defence Statistics.
- Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, figures ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systematic bias.