§ Bob RussellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list by country of origin, the numbers of non-UK citizens who have joined the Army in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [137486]
§ Mr. CaplinFor the last five financial years the intake of Regular Army personnel with a nationality recorded as being other than United Kingdom was as follows:
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Nationality 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 American — 0 0 — 0 Antiguan 0 0 — — 0 Australian 20 10 20 10 15 Austrian 0 — 0 0 0 Bangalee — 0 0 — — Barbadian — 0 — — — Belizean 0 — — 0 — Bermudian — 0 0 0 0 Botswana 0 0 0 0 — British Commonwealth Foreign 10 — — — — Cameroon 0 0 0 — — Canadian 20 15 10 10 5 Cameroon 0 0 0 — — Dominican 0 0 — — — Falkland Islander 0 — 0 0 0 Fijian 20 320 265 490 470 Foreign/Foreign 0 0 0 0 — Gambian — — — 10 20 German-West 0 0 — 0 0 Ghanaian — 0 15 80 150 Gibraltarian 0 — — 0 0 Grenadian 0 — 5 10 15 Guyanese 0 — — 0 5 Indian — — — 5 10 Italian — 0 0 0 0 Jamaican 10 10 45 180 420 Kenyan — — 10 10 15
Nationality 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 Malawi 0 — 0 — 20 Malaysian — 0 — — — Maltese 5 — — 0 — Mauritanian 0 — 0 0 0 Mauritian 0 0 — — 5 Monserrat Islander 0 — — 0 0 Namibian (FMLY SW African) 0 — 0 0 — Nepalese 0 0 0 — 0 New Zealander 10 5 15 10 15 Nigerian 0 0 5 10 20 Pakistani 0 — — — — Republic of Ireland 30 25 30 10 20 Rhodesian 0 0 0 — 0 Seychellois 0 0 0 — — Sierra Leone — — — — 5 Singaporean 0 0 0 — 0 South African 30 45 65 120 155 Spanish — 0 0 0 0 Sri Lankan — — — — — St. Helenian 10 10 10 0 10 St. Lucia 0 — — 15 205 St. Vincent 0 0 185 5 120 Sudanese 0 0 0 0 — Swazi 0 0 0 0 — Swiss 0 0 0 — — Tanzanian 0 0 0 — — Tongan — 0 0 — — Trinidadian — — 10 15 25 Ugandan 0 0 — — 10 Zambian — 0 — — — Zimbabwean 20 20 35 125 235 Not known/stateless 10 5 — — — Total 205 505 770 1,140 2,010 Notes:
1. Totals are trained and untrained officer and other ranks joining the UK Regular Army in financial years 1998–2003 with a nationality (now) on intake of non-UK nationals.
2. Figures are rounded to the nearest five to prevent disclosure of sensitive personal data
3,'—'denotes fewer than five.