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Written question asked by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 December 2014. It was answered by Anna Soubry (Conservative) on Wednesday, 17 December 2014 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Armed Forces

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are based at (a) Army HQ, (b) Navy HQ, (c) RAF HQ, (d) Joint Forces HQ and (e) MoD Main Building.

Answer

The approximate number of UK Regular Forces personnel stationed at each of the requested locations as at 1 October 2014 is provided in the following table.

Army HQ

1,060

Navy HQ

510

RAF HQ

1,330

Joint Forces Command HQ

1,000

MOD Main Building

740

Notes:

  1. UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded.
  2. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
218154
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Armed forces Staff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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