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Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Monday, 31 October 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 November 2016. It was answered by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Tuesday, 8 November 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Germany: Armed Forces

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained regular armed forces personnel were based in Germany in each year since 2010.

Answer

The requested information is provided below:

Trained Regular Armed Forces Personnel based in Germany as at 1 January

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

19,000

18,480

17,500

14,820

13,300

10,550

5,480

Trained Regular Armed Forces Personnel based in Cyprus as at 1 January

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2,890

2,890

2,640

2,450

2,420

2,420

2,290

Notes: UK Regular Personnel are Full time Service personnel, including Nursing Services and Loan Service personnel, but excluding Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel, Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Non Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS), High Readiness Reserve (HRR) and Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI) personnel.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
50990
Session
2016-17
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Armed forces Germany
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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