§ Colonel Beamishasked the Secretary of State for War if he will state in round figures the number of British troops overseas on any convenient date and the number trooping between the United Kingdom and foreign stations in each of the last 10 years, showing troops in the Far East, Middle East, Germany, and elsewhere, separately.
§ Mr. SoamesThe following table shows the numbers of troops overseas, including those in Europe, on 31st March in each of the last ten years. For security reasons, the figure for each theatre is not made public beyond what is contained in the annual Memorandum on the Army Estimates. We do not keep records to show the numbers trooping at any particular time.
(thousands) 1949 168 1950 153 1951 184 1952 223 1953 207 1954 216 1955 195 1956 174 1957 161 1958 127