Written question asked by Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 28 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 April 2017 (named day). It was answered by Harriett Baldwin (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 April 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Armed Forces: Married People
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel presently serving in the (a) Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF have a spouse or family member who is a veteran, serving personnel or a reservist.
- Answer
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This information is not held in the format requested. However, the Department does hold information on the number of Regular Service personnel who have chosen to declare that they are either married to, or in a registered civil partnership with, another Regular Service person. These figures are provided below, broken down by Service as at 1 February 2017:
Service
No of Regular Service Personnel
Royal Navy/Royal Marines
1,090
Army
2,370
Royal Air Force
2,210
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 69632
- Session
- 2016-17
- Subjects
- Armed forces Married people Veterans
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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- 2017-05-31 17:25:31 +0100
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