Women

HC Deb 13 May 2002 vol 385 c426W

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many women are serving in each of the armed forces. [54634]

Mr. Ingram

As at 1 April 2002, the number of women serving in the UK regular forces is as follows:

Number of women serving
Naval Service	3,521
Army	7,901
RAF	5,616
Total	17,038

These figures are taken from TSP1 'UK Regular Forces Strengths and Changes', a monthly publication, a copy of which can be found in the House of Commons Library.