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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 10 November 2003, Official Report, column 47W, on Commonwealth recruits, if he will break down the figures for Commonwealth recruits by countries of origin; and if he will make a statement. [139683] Mr. Caplin: For the last five financial years the intake of Regular Army personnel with a nationality recorded as being from the Commonwealth (excluding United Kingdom and UK dependent territories) was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nationality 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Antiguan 0 0 1 -- 1 -- 0 Australian 15 10 20 10 15 Bangalee 1 -- 0 0 1 -- 1 -- Barbadian 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- Belizean 0 1 -- 1 -- 0 1 -- Botswana 0 0 0 0 1 -- British Commonwealth 5 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- 0 Foreign Cameroon 0 0 0 1 -- 1 -- Canadian 15 15 10 10 5 Dominican 0 0 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- Fijian 20 315 265 490 470 Gambian 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- 10 20 Ghanaian 1 -- 0 15 80 150 Grenadian 0 1 -- 5 10 15 Guyanese 0 1 -- 1 -- 0 5 Indian 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- 5 5 Jamaican 10 10 45 180 420 Kenyan 1 -- 1 -- 10 10 15 Malawi 0 1 -- 0 1 -- 20 Malaysian 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- Maltese 5 1 -- 1 -- 0 1 -- Mauritian 0 0 1 -- 1 -- 5 Namibian (fmly SW African) 0 1 -- 0 0 1 -- New Zealander 10 5 10 10 15 Nigerian 0 0 5 10 20 Pakistani 0 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- Rhodesian 0 0 0 1 -- 0 Seychellois 0 0 0 1 -- 1 -- Sierra Leone 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- 5 Singaporean 0 0 0 1 -- 0 South African 30 45 65 120 150 Sri Lankan 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- St. Lucia 0 1 -- 1 -- 15 205 St. Vincent 0 0 185 5 120 Swazi 0 0 0 0 1 -- Tanzanian 0 0 0 1 -- 1 -- Tongan 1 -- 0 0 1 -- 1 -- Trinidadian 1 -- 1 -- 10 15 25 Ugandan 0 0 1 -- 1 -- 10 Zambian 1 -- 0 1 -- 1 -- 1 -- Zimbabwean 15 20 35 120 235 Total 140 445 715 1,115 1,960 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 -- Indicates fewer than five. Notes: Totals are trained and untrained officer and other ranks joining the UK Regular Army in financial years 1998-2003 from civil life. Transfers from other services are excluded. The nationality is that of nationality at time of recruitment and not at birth. Figures are rounded to the nearest five.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

413 c1278-80W;413 c1274-6W; 139683

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Armed forces Applications Commonwealth Recruitment

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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