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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list by country of origin, the numbers of non- UK citizens who have joined the Army in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [137486] Mr. Caplin: For the last five financial years the intake of Regular Army personnel with a nationality recorded as being other than United Kingdom was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nationality 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 American -- 0 0 -- 0 Antiguan 0 0 -- -- 0 Australian 20 10 20 10 15 Austrian 0 -- 0 0 0 Bangalee -- 0 0 -- -- Barbadian -- 0 -- -- -- Belizean 0 -- -- 0 -- Bermudian -- 0 0 0 0 Botswana 0 0 0 0 -- British Commonwealth 10 -- -- -- -- Foreign Cameroon 0 0 0 -- -- Canadian 20 15 10 10 5 Cameroon 0 0 0 -- -- Dominican 0 0 -- -- -- Falkland Islander 0 -- 0 0 0 Fijian 20 320 265 490 470 Foreign/Foreign 0 0 0 0 -- Gambian -- -- -- 10 20 German-West 0 0 -- 0 0 Ghanaian -- 0 15 80 150 Gibraltarian 0 -- -- 0 0 Grenadian 0 -- 5 10 15 Guyanese 0 -- -- 0 5 Indian -- -- -- 5 10 Italian -- 0 0 0 0 Jamaican 10 10 45 180 420 Kenyan -- -- 10 10 15 Malawi 0 -- 0 -- 20 Malaysian -- 0 -- -- -- Maltese 5 -- -- 0 -- Mauritanian 0 -- 0 0 0 Mauritian 0 0 -- -- 5 Monserrat Islander 0 -- -- 0 0 Namibian (FMLY SW African) 0 -- 0 0 -- Nepalese 0 0 0 -- 0 New Zealander 10 5 15 10 15 Nigerian 0 0 5 10 20 Pakistani 0 -- -- -- -- Republic of Ireland 30 25 30 10 20 Rhodesian 0 0 0 -- 0 Seychellois 0 0 0 -- -- Sierra Leone -- -- -- -- 5 Singaporean 0 0 0 -- 0 South African 30 45 65 120 155 Spanish -- 0 0 0 0 Sri Lankan -- -- -- -- -- St. Helenian 10 10 10 0 10 St. Lucia 0 -- -- 15 205 St. Vincent 0 0 185 5 120 Sudanese 0 0 0 0 -- Swazi 0 0 0 0 -- Swiss 0 0 0 -- -- Tanzanian 0 0 0 -- -- Tongan -- 0 0 -- -- Trinidadian -- -- 10 15 25 Ugandan 0 0 -- -- 10 Zambian -- 0 -- -- -- Zimbabwean 20 20 35 125 235 Not known/stateless 10 5 -- -- -- Total 205 505 770 1,140 2,010 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. Totals are trained and untrained officer and other ranks joining the UK Regular Army in financial years 1998-2003 with a nationality (now) on intake of non-UK nationals. 2. Figures are rounded to the nearest five to prevent disclosure of sensitive personal data. 3. `--'denotes fewer than five.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

137486; 413 c748-9W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Army Foreign nationals Recruitment

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