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Written question asked by Lord Kilclooney (Crossbench) on Thursday, 25 July 2019, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 8 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 serving full-time in the British army.

Answer

As at 1 April 2019, there were 75,230 male and 7,540 female personnel in the full-time trade-trained strength and their untrained counterparts. This population does not include full-time Reserves Service (Home Commitment), Military Provost Guard Service and non-regular permanent staff, of which there are an additional 4,960 male and 260 female personnel.

Full-time trade-trained strength includes Regulars, Gurkhas, and full-time Reserves Service (Full Commitment and Limited Commitment). Mobilised Reserves have not been included in the data, as these are only full-time whilst mobilised. Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL17527
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Army Gender
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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