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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many non-British citizens from Commonwealth countries are serving in the armed forces other than in training or observation roles, in each case (a) the regiment or unit in which they serve, (b) the country of which they are a citizen and (c) the terms of service; and if he will make a statement. [156796] Mr. Spellar: The table details the numbers of non-British citizens from Commonwealth countries serving in the Army by Arm/Corps as at 1 March 2001. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Army Corps Total Household Cavalry 7 Royal Armoured Corps 27 Royal Artillery 57 Royal Engineers 19 Royal Signals 23 Footguards 29 Scots Division 109 Queens Division 70 Kings Division 33 Prince of Wales' Division 76 Light Division 50 Royal Irish (General Service) 25 Paratroopers 60 Army Air Corps 9 Royal Army Chaplains Division 5 Royal Logistical Corps 84 Royal Army Medical Corps 37 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 14 Adjutant General's Corps (Provost Branch) 5 Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support Branch) 25 Royal Army Dental Corps 11 Long Service List 5 Other 21 Grand total 801 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The table details the country of which they are a citizen (as at 1 March 2001). _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nationality Total Australia 61 Fiji 373 India 12 Jamaica 34 Kenya 7 Malta Gc 6 Canada 62 New Zealand 51 Trinidad and Tobago 9 Pakistan 6 Zimbabwe 45 South Africa 70 Other 65 Total 801 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. To ensure confidentiality under the Data Protection Act (1998) several Corps and nationalities were combined in the category `Other' as categories with less than five entries cannot be published. The Corps combined include: Corps of Army Music, Army Physical Training Corps, Intelligence Corps, Adjutant General's Corps (Army Legal Service), Adjutant General's Corps Education and Training Service, Gurkhas, Staff, Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps and Royal Veterinary Corps. Non-British citizens from Commonwealth countries serve on the same terms of service as British citizens. It is not possible to publish data for the Royal Navy or RAF as details on nationality are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

366 c198-9W; 156796

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Conditions of employment Armed forces Army Commonwealth Foreign nationals Staff

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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