Youngest army recruits come disproportionately from England’s most deprived constituencies

Number of minors enlisted

Most

Least

55

Newcastle is among

the areas designated

as 'primary targets'

for a 2019 recruitment

campaign

16- and 17-year-olds from

Blackpool South enlisted

in the British army

between April 2013

and April 2018

Sunderland

Middlesbrough

Bradford

Leeds

50

Kingston upon

Hull East

Manchester

Sheffield

Birmingham

50

Hereford and South

Herefordshire

London

Number of minors enlisted

Most

Least

Newcastle is among

the areas designated

as 'primary targets'

for a 2019 recruitment

campaign

55

16- and 17-year-olds from

Blackpool South enlisted

in the British army

between April 2013

and April 2018

Sunderland

Middlesbrough

Bradford

Leeds

50

Kingston upon

Hull East

Manchester

Sheffield

Birmingham

50

Hereford and

South Herefordshire

London