Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 2 August 2019.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, are in the British army.
As at 1 April 2019, there were 74,940 male and 7,510 female personnel in the Regular Army and Gurkha population, and 25,400 male and 4,060 female personnel in the Army Reserve.
Notes/Caveats:
The Figures are for trained and untrained Regular and Gurkha personnel excluding Full Time Reserve Service.
Reserve figures are taken from the FR20 population consisting of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS contracts who were previously Army Reservists.
Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.
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