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Written question asked by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Friday, 10 May 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 May 2024. It was answered by Andrew Murrison (Conservative) on Monday, 20 May 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


RAF Fairford

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were based at RAF Fairford as of May 2024.

Answer

The hon. Member’s Question has been interpreted to mean the number of UK Armed Forces Personnel at the unit. As at 1 January 2024, the number of UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at RAF Fairford was less than or equal to 5.

Please note, UK Forces Service Personnel comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full-Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Air Squadron Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes trained and untrained personnel.

The figure includes Reserve personnel and is therefore an estimate because the stationed location data for Reserves has not been fully verified.

Data has been provided as at 1 January 2024 to align with published Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
25695
Session
2023-24
Subjects
Armed forces RAF Fairford
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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