Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have been recruited by the armed forces from the Oldham Metropolitan Borough area in each year from 2010 to date.
The requested information is available for the past five years and is provided in the following table:
Intake to the Untrained Regular Force from Oldham Local Authority:
| 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
Tri-Service | 50 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 40 |
Notes:
1. The requested information is only held from 2014 onwards.
2. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 in line with disclosure control policy. Figures ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid bias, 5 or fewer is represented by '~', 0 is represented by '-'.
3. Due to limitations with the data sources, figures are approximate prior to rounding.