§ Mr. Geoffrey Johnson Smithasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he is yet in a position to give further details of his decisions on the reorganisation of 1 (BR) Corps.
§ Mr. BlakerIt has now been decided that HQ 2nd Armoured Division, currently based at Lubbecke in the Federal Republic of Germany, will be reformed, with its associated support elements, as HQ 2nd Infantry Division at Imphal barracks, York in order to command the new United Kingdom based reinforcement division. The move is planned to take place at the beginning of 1983. It has also been decided that the headquarters of 5 Field Force,58W together with certain assigned support units, will be relocated from Osnabruck to Catterick in early 1983 in order to command the regular element of the reinforcement division. There will be certain other changes in minor unit deployments in Germany.