United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 199373
Armed Forces: Foreign Nationals
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5 December 2018
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10 December 2018 · Answer
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10 December 2018
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral contribution of 26 November 2018, Official Report, column 3, what the evidential basis is of his estimate that up to 1,350 Commonwealth citizens will join the armed forces in 2019.
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5 December 2018
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his oral contribution of 26 November 2018, Official Report, column 3, what the evidential basis is of his estimate that up to 1,350 Commonwealth citizens will join the armed forces in 2019.
Source: Commons
10 December 2018
Answer
On 5 November 2018, I announced (HCWS1062) the removal of the five-year UK residency criterion for Commonwealth citizens wishing to join the Armed Forces to enable the recruitment of up to 1,350 per year. We know from the recruitment that we have continue...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-12-05/199373
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1020324
- uk · wq-1020324 · source updated 10 December 2018