Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence personnel were based in Germany in each year since 2000.

The number of Ministry of Defence (MOD) Personnel, by location, as at 1 July 2024 can be found below.

1. MOD Personnel includes UK Armed Forces Regulars, MOD Civil Servants and Locally Engaged Civilians.
2. The figures are based on service personnel’s stationed location and not their location of residence. 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 country containing the home port of their ship.
3. Figures by location can only be provided as at 1 July 2024, rather than 16 October 2024, in line with published statistics.
4. Elsewhere/ Unspecified includes all regions where there are a small number of personnel to prevent inadvertent disclosure and personnel where their exact location is unspecified. This also includes Locally Engaged Civilians, as location data below country level is not available for this cohort.

The numbers of MOD Personnel stationed in Germany, 1 April 2007 - 1 April 2024 can be found below.

Notes/caveats

5. MOD Personnel includes UK Armed Forces Regulars, MOD Civil Servants and Locally Engaged Civilians.
6. The figures are based on service personnel’s stationed location and not their location of residence. 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 country containing the home port of their ship.
7. Data prior to 1 April 2007 is not held.