| Heading: |
Army |
| Question ID: |
1783605 |
| UIN: |
HL5654 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4927 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government how many service personnel there are in the British Armed Forces, broken down by (1) service arm, and (2) gender. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-25 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
360 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Coaker
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| Answering Member handle: |
Vernon_Coaker
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@Vernon_Coaker
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| Answer text: |
The current strength (as at 1 January 2025) of the UK Armed Forces is 180,779 which includes:All UK Regular personnel and all Gurkha personnel (77.6 per cent of UK Service Personnel, (SP)).Volunteer Reserve personnel (17.7 per cent of UK SP).Other Personn... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |