Mr. G erald HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many foreign nationals are serving in the(a) Army, (b) Royal Navy, and (c) Royal Air Force; which countries they were recruited from; and how many were in each service in 1995. [55447]
§ Mr. IngramThe number of foreign nationals serving in the Army in 2002 and 1995 by country is shown on the following table.
There is no nationality marker held on the Personnel Record of Service for the Naval Service although information on ethnicity and religion is held.
517WThe RAF holds some information on 'not British' personnel, however, data are not accurate enough to provide a reliable estimate.
Nationality (NOW) 1 April 1995 1 April 2002 Aden — — African Country — — America 1 6 Antigua (Leeward Is.) — 2 Australia 78 72 Bahama Islands — 1 Bangladesh 1 2 Barbados 8 6 Barbuda (Leeward Is.) 1 — Belgium 1 — Belize — 3 Britain/Singapore 2 3 British Commonwealth/Foreign Rest. 1 2 Brunei 1 — Cameroon Republic — 1 Canada 60 66 Cyprus 4 2 Denmark 2 — Dominica (Windward Isl.) 1 1 Dominican Republic — 2 Egypt 3 1 Falkland Islands 2 1 Fiji 3 1,053 France — — Gambia — 16 Germany 8 4 Ghana 5 99 Gibraltar — 1 Grenada (Windward Is.) — 14 Guyana 3 3 Hong Kong 6 5 India 13 18 Jamaica 34 240 Kenya 3 24 Lebanon — — Malawi 1 6 Malaysia 3 3 Malta GC 10 6 Mauritius 2 5 Montserrat (Leeward Is.) 2 2 Namibia (Fmlay SW African) — 1 Nepal 4 10 Netherlands — 1 New Zealand 58 46 New Zealand Islands — 15 Nigeria 1 17 Norway 1 1 Pacific Islands — 1 Pakistan 2 7 Papua — 1 Republic of Ireland 203 204 Rhodesia 5 5 Seychelles — 1 Sierra Leone 2 6 Singapore — 1 South Africa 9 226 Sri Lanka 2 4 St. Helena 1 22 St. Kitts Island 2 1 St. Lucia Island — 17 St. Vincent Island 1 168 Sweden 2 1 Switzerland 1 1 Tanzania 1 — Tongan Islands — 3 Trinidad and Tobago 10 30 Uganda 2 3 West Indies—British 9 3 Zambia — 3 Zimbabwe 26 190 Stateless — 1 Grand total 601 2,659 Gurkhas 4,325 3,795