 |
answer text |
<p>The table below shows the number of Commonwealth citizens serving in our Armed
Forces as at 1 October 2018:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Service</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal
Navy/</strong> <strong>Royal Marines</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal
Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regulars</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>3,890</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p><strong>4,500</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FR20
Reserves</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>190</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>520</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,080</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,710</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The 4,500 Commonwealth citizens in the Regular forces represent 3.3% of the
Regular trained strength. The 210 Commonwealth citizens in the FR20 Reserves represent
0.65% of the FR20 Reserve trained strength.</p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Figures
for the Royal Navy/Royal Marines and Royal Air Force are for the Trained Regular Population
and Trained FR20 population. Army figures are for Trade Trained Regular population,
and Trained FR20 population.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Nationality is as reported on
the Joint Personnel Administration system upon intake.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Figures
are rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to
the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding
numbers upwards.</li></ul>
|
|
