Written question asked by Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) on Wednesday, 7 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 December 2005. It was answered by Lord Touhig (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Overseas Recruits

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many overseas recruits there are in (a) each regiment of the Army, (b) the Royal Air Force, (c) the Royal Navy and (d) the Royal Marines, broken down by country of origin.

Answer: For Naval Service and RAF data I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 17 November 2005, Official Report, column 1410W to the hon. Member for Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr (Adam Price).Naval Service data are not centrally held and therefore a breakdown of Royal Navy and Royal Marines data is not available.Strength of overseas personnel in the UK Regular Army at 1 October 2005 by country and armed corps is shown in a table which has been placed in the Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 36785; 440 c2763W
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 06/142
Monday, 12 December 2005
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Armed forces Army Air force Foreign nationals Navy Marines
Contains statistics: Yes
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