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
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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, are in the British army.
- Answer
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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
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- 2019-08-02 13:24:52 +0100
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