Andrew Gwynne – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Gwynne on 2015-10-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army (a) officers and (b) regular soldiers are recruited from (i) Scotland, (ii) England and Wales and (iii) Northern Ireland.
Mark Lancaster
The proportion of regular Army officers and soldiers recruited from each country of the United Kingdom for 2014-15 is shown below:
|
Regular |
Officer |
Soldier |
|
England |
88.4% |
80.6% |
|
Scotland |
4.7% |
8.9% |
|
Wales |
4.7% |
6.3% |
|
N Ireland |
1.4% |
2.5% |
|
Other |
0.8% |
1.7% |
The locations shown reflect the contact addresses recorded and may not be the home address. ‘Other’ refers to non-UK contact addresses, or those not identifiable, but does not include Gurkhas.
