HC Deb 11 March 2004 vol 418 cc1653-4W
Mr. Hoyle

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel from other countries are serving in the(a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force; and from which countries they come. [156134]

Mr. Caplin

The number of foreign nationals serving in the Army at 1 January 2004 is 5,540. The following table gives a more detailed breakdown.

Nationality Officers Soldiers
Irish Republican 25 175
Australian 35 40
Barbadian 1 5
British Commonwealth 5 10
Cameroon 0 10
Canadian 20 45
Dominican 0 10
Fijian 1 1,720
Gambian 0 55
Ghanaian 1 395
Grenadian 0 45
Guyanese 0 10
Indian 10 25
Jamaican 1 870
Kenyan 5 60
Malawi 0 55
Maltese 1 5
Mauritian 0 15
New Zealander 25 45
Nigerian 1 45
Pakistani 1 5
Seychellois 0 5
Sierra Leone 1 20
South African 35 445
Sri Lankan 1 10
St. Lucia 1 215
St. Vincent 0 285
Tongan 0 5
Trinidadian 1 60
Ugandan 0 20
Zambian 1 10
Zimbabwean 25 485
St. Helenian 0 25
Nepalese 10 1
Not known/stateless 35 1
1Denotes less than five

The following nationalities have less than five officers and/or less than five soldiers:

  • Antiguan
  • Bangalee
  • Belizean
  • Botswana
  • Cypriot
  • Malaysian
  • Namibian (formally South West African)
  • Papuan
  • Singaporean
  • St. Kitts
  • Swazi
  • Tanzanian
  • West Indian
  • Falkland Islander
  • Gibraltarian
  • Montserrat Islander
  • American
  • 1654W
  • German West
  • Iranian
  • Iraqi
  • Pacific Islander Rhodesian
  • Swiss

For the Naval Service and RAF some information on `not British' personnel is held but data are not accurate enough to provide a reliable estimate.

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