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Written question asked by Lord Kilclooney (Crossbench) on Tuesday, 23 July 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 6 August 2019. It was answered by Baroness Goldie (Conservative) on Friday, 2 August 2019 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Army

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, are in the British army.

Answer

As at 1 April 2019, there were 74,940 male and 7,510 female personnel in the Regular Army and Gurkha population, and 25,400 male and 4,060 female personnel in the Army Reserve.

Notes/Caveats:

The Figures are for trained and untrained Regular and Gurkha personnel excluding Full Time Reserve Service.

Reserve figures are taken from the FR20 population consisting of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS contracts who were previously Army Reservists.

Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL17414
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Army Gender
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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