The intake into the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) by ethnicity for the last five years can be found in the table below:<\/p>
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Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018-19<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total Intake<\/p><\/td> 480<\/p><\/td> 540<\/p><\/td> 610<\/p><\/td> 590<\/p><\/td> 600<\/p><\/td><\/tr> of which:<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> BAME<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> White<\/p><\/td> 470<\/p><\/td> 520<\/p><\/td> 580<\/p><\/td> 540<\/p><\/td> 560<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Unknown<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The table represents those that have been posted to RMAS on the Joint Personnel Administration System but does not represent all of those that attend RMAS. The ethnicity of total Officer intake, both Regular and Reserve, can be found in the published Biannual Statistics at the following link, but will include small numbers of trained personnel who do not go through RMAS selection:<\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2019<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Notes/Caveats:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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