Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
(asked on 27th February 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many non-UK Commonwealth nationals are serving in the UK armed forces.
This question was answered on 12th March 2019
The table below shows the number of Commonwealth citizens serving in our Armed Forces as at 1 October 2018:
Service | Royal Navy/ Royal Marines | Army | Royal Air Force | Total |
Regulars | 510 | 3,890 | 90 | 4,500 |
FR20 Reserves | 10 | 190 | 10 | 210 |
Total | 520 | 4,080 | 100 | 4,710 |
The 4,500 Commonwealth citizens in the Regular forces represent 3.3% of the Regular trained strength. The 210 Commonwealth citizens in the FR20 Reserves represent 0.65% of the FR20 Reserve trained strength.
Notes:
- Figures for the Royal Navy/Royal Marines and Royal Air Force are for the Trained Regular Population and Trained FR20 population. Army figures are for Trade Trained Regular population, and Trained FR20 population.
- Nationality is as reported on the Joint Personnel Administration system upon intake.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards.