Singapore: Armed Forces

Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 15 March 2024.

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Photo of John Healey John Healey Shadow Secretary of State for Defence

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK Armed Forces Personnel have been deployed in Singapore in each year since 2010.

Photo of James Heappey James Heappey Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

Number of UK Armed Forces Service personnel deployed in Singapore since 2010:

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

0

~

0

80

0

0

0

0

~

10

0

~

~

~

The UK also has military personnel stationed in Singapore in the British High Commission as part of its Defence Section and the British Defence Staff Southeast Asia, as well as part of the British Defence Singapore Support Unit. Full details are in the table below.

Number of UK Regulars stationed in Singapore as at 1 January since 2010:

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

10

10

10

~

~

~

~

10

10

10

10

10

10

~

10

Deployed personnel are defined here as military personnel who are deployed on operations. Navy personnel who have been deployed on a ship are not included in deployment figures for countries even if the operation that they are deployed on includes duties in the country or countries mentioned in the above figures. Deployment data are derived from the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) `Move and Track` system, which records all personnel who enter a deployment theatre for over 24hrs. Figures of 5 or fewer are represented by ‘~’.

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