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Written question asked by Martin Docherty-Hughes (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 12 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 December 2017. It was answered by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Tuesday, 19 December 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Army: Scotland

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits who applied to the Army Careers Service with an address in Scotland in the last year were subsequently deployed to regiments other than the Royal Regiment of Scotland.

Answer

As of 30 September 2017 of those recruits who applied to join and completed their training between 1 October 2016 and 30 September 2017 with an address in Scotland, 10 have joined units other than the Royal Regiment of Scotland. The majority of those who applied in that year, including those with a Scottish address will not have completed their training and therefore have not deployed to their Regiment. All applications to join the Army are initiated through the Army website.

Notes: The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10; numbers ending in "5" will be rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. The figure is a single service estimate that has not been validated or subject to the same level of quality checks as official defence statistics.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
119103
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Army Deployment Recruitment Scotland
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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