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Written question asked by Stephen Doughty (Labour) on Monday, 29 February 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 3 March 2016 (named day). It was answered by Julian Brazier (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 March 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Reserve Forces: Ethnic Groups

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of new recruits to the reserve forces in each of the last 24 months were from BME communities.

Answer

Information on the intake of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) recruits to the Volunteer Reserves in the 24 months to 31 September 2015 is provided in the attached table.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
28941
Session
2015-16
Attachment
28941-Intake into the FR2020 VR by Ethnicity
Subjects
Ethnic groups Reserve forces
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk