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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2015-10-23more like thismore than 2015-10-23
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Army: Recruitment remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text 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. more like this
tabling member constituency Denton and Reddish more like this
tabling member printed
Andrew Gwynne remove filter
uin 13240 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2015-10-28more like thismore than 2015-10-28
answer text <br /><p>The proportion of regular Army officers and soldiers recruited from each country of the United Kingdom for 2014-15 is shown below:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>Soldier</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>88.4%</p></td><td><p>80.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>8.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>4.7%</p></td><td><p>6.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>N Ireland</p></td><td><p>1.4%</p></td><td><p>2.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td><p>1.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>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.</p><br /> more like this
answering member constituency Milton Keynes North remove filter
answering member printed Mark Lancaster more like this
question first answered
less than 2015-10-28T17:31:34.597Zmore like thismore than 2015-10-28T17:31:34.597Z
answering member
1544
label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton more like this
tabling member
1506
label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne more like this