Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time Royal Air Force service personnel (a) live and (b) work in Northern Ireland.

The below table shows the number of UK Regular personnel stationed in Northern Ireland by Service as at 1 July 2024.

The figures provided are based on Service personnel's stationed location and not their location of residence - where personnel work isn't necessarily where they live. Personnel deployed on operations to an area away from their stationed location are shown against their most recent stationed location. The Royal Navy/Royal Marines personnel on sea service are included against the local authority containing the home port of their ship.

Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure. However, numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias. Figures between 1 and 5 inclusive are rounded to 5 to prevent possible disclosure. Totals have been rounded separately, and so Totals may not equal the sums of their rounded parts.

The below table shows the number of UK Regular personnel with a registered home address in Northern Ireland by Service as at 3 September 2024.

This data is based on the Permanent Home Address in Northern Ireland recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system (JPA).