HC Deb 16 January 1978 vol 942 cc44-5W
Mr. Onslow

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all the Territorial Army Volunteer Reserve units which are currently not up to their establishment of Non-Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS), indicating in each case (a) how many officer and/or non-commissioned officer posts are concerned, and (b) what percentage of the authorised NRPS establishment these deficiencies represent.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

I can provide the following information:

Deficiencies
Serial Unit/Sub Unit Officers Noncommissioned Officers
(a) (b) (c) (d)
Highlands
9 3 Bn 51 Highland HQ 1 1
10 230 Sqn 153 Regt RCT 1
11 Tayforth Universities OTC 1
Lowlands
12 2 Bn 52 Lowland HQ 1
13 154 Regt 222 Sqn RCT 1
North East
14 105 Plant Sqn RE 1
15 38 Sig Regt 46 and 87 Sqn 1
16 6 RRF HQ Coy 1
17 1 Yorks VOLS 1
18 7 Bn Light Inf A Coy 1
19 124 Rec Coy (Corps Tp) 1
North West
20 33 Sig Regt 2
21 4 Bn Queens Lanes A Coy 1
West Midland
22 35 Sig Regt 89 Sqn 1
Wales
23 157 Tpt Regt 224 Sqn 1
Eastern
73 Engr Regt—
24 575 Sqn 1
25 129 Fd Sqn. 1
26 217 Sqn 1
27 873 Movement Lt Sqn 1
28 6 R. Anglian HQ 1
29 3 WFR A Coy 1
30 7 R. Anglian Regt HQ. 1 2
South Eastern
6/7 Queens Regt—
31 HQ 1
32 A Coy 1
33 B Coy Det 1
34 C Coy 1
South Western
Wessex Yeomanry—
35 HQ 1
36 B Sqn. 1
37 1 Wessex VOL HQ 1
38 6 Light Inf A Coy 1
London
39 71 Sig Regt 2 3
40 562 Para Sqn RCT 1
41 Totals 26 25

To counterbalance the above deficiencies, six officers and four non-commissioned officers are held in excess of establishment. Thus the net overall deficiency is:

  1. a. Officers 20=10.9 per cent. of an established strength of 183.
  2. b. Soldiers 21=15.4 per cent. of an established strength of 136.