§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing for each year since 1945 the number of members of the British armed forces stationed permanently outside the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. William RodgersThe numbers of United Kingdom-based Service personnel, male and female, stationed outside the United Kingdom were as follows:
31st December 1946 … 643,343 1947 … 412,474 1948 … 251,502 1949 … 226,222 1950 … 232,942 1951 … 275,886 1952 … 282,674 1953 … 298,441 1954 … 293,633 1955 … 250,134 1956 … 261,689 1957 … 202,717 1958 … 191,065 1959 … 167,509 1960 … 167,445 1961 … 157,659 1962 … 150,178 1963 … 151,068 1964 … 153,684 1965 … 156,390 1966 … 148,605 1967 … 132,702 1968 … 125,606 1969 … 117,996 1970 … 113,554 1971 … 106,258 1972 … 102,556 1973 … 98,329 1974 … 97,374 1975 … 91,735 These figures include personnel serving in Her Majesty's ships outside home 504W waters and Army personnel from BAOR serving on emergency tours in Northern Ireland. Colonial and Commonwealth forces, locally enlisted personnel and the Brigade of Gurkhas are excluded.