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Written question asked by Stephen Doughty (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 February 2016 (named day). It was answered by Julian Brazier (Conservative) on Monday, 29 February 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Armed Forces: Wales

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits to the (a) Reserve and (b) armed forces in each local authority area of their origin in Wales and in each branch of service began their basic training in each of the last 12 months

Answer

Information on the local authority of origin for recruits to the Regular and Reserve forces is not available.

The date at which personnel started their basic training is also not held.

The Ministry of Defence publishes UK Regular strengths by stationed location in our Quarterly Location Statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/location-of-all-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-quarterly-statistics-index

Information on untrained intake into the Volunteer Reserve by stationed location in Wales is provided in the attached table.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
28420
Session
2015-16
Attachment
Future Reserves 2020 volunteer Reserve.
Subjects
Armed forces Training Reserve forces Wales
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk