§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel from other countries are serving in the(a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force; and from which countries they come. [156134]
§ Mr. CaplinThe number of foreign nationals serving in the Army at 1 January 2004 is 5,540. The following table gives a more detailed breakdown.
Nationality Officers Soldiers Irish Republican 25 175 Australian 35 40 Barbadian 1— 5 British Commonwealth 5 10 Cameroon 0 10 Canadian 20 45 Dominican 0 10 Fijian 1— 1,720 Gambian 0 55 Ghanaian 1— 395 Grenadian 0 45 Guyanese 0 10 Indian 10 25 Jamaican 1— 870 Kenyan 5 60 Malawi 0 55 Maltese 1— 5 Mauritian 0 15 New Zealander 25 45 Nigerian 1— 45 Pakistani 1— 5 Seychellois 0 5 Sierra Leone 1— 20 South African 35 445 Sri Lankan 1— 10 St. Lucia 1— 215 St. Vincent 0 285 Tongan 0 5 Trinidadian 1— 60 Ugandan 0 20 Zambian 1— 10 Zimbabwean 25 485 St. Helenian 0 25 Nepalese 10 1— Not known/stateless 35 1— 1Denotes less than five The following nationalities have less than five officers and/or less than five soldiers:
- Antiguan
- Bangalee
- Belizean
- Botswana
- Cypriot
- Malaysian
- Namibian (formally South West African)
- Papuan
- Singaporean
- St. Kitts
- Swazi
- Tanzanian
- West Indian
- Falkland Islander
- Gibraltarian
- Montserrat Islander
- American
1654W - German West
- Iranian
- Iraqi
- Pacific Islander Rhodesian
- Swiss
For the Naval Service and RAF some information on `not British' personnel is held but data are not accurate enough to provide a reliable estimate.