§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, further to his reply of 14 June,Official Report, columns 326–27, concerning regiments; if he will give the numbers of people employed in or connected with each regiment listed.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonAs at 30 April 1990, the total trained strength of the Army was 136,869. The number of Army personnel employed at each of the arms and services of the Regular Army on that date is as follows:
Officers Soldiers Total Staff Officers 787 — 787 Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps 1,186 8,930 10,116 The Royal Regiment of Artillery 1,256 10,981 12,237 Corps of Royal Engineers 1,333 11,579 12,912 Royal Corps of Signals 1,073 9,787 10,860 Infantry 3,470 32,392 35,862 Army Air Corps 324 1,250 1,574 Royal Army Chaplains Department 154 — 154 Royal Corps of Transport 896 8,124 9,020 Royal Army Medical Corps 918 2,513 3,431 Royal Army Ordnance Corps 1,002 6,135 7,137 Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 968 12,692 13,660 Corps of Royal Military Police 144 2,120 2,264 Royal Army Pay Corps 440 1,499 1,939 Royal Army Veterinary Corps 29 123 152 Small Arms School Corps 29 104 133 Military Provost Staff Corps 7 95 102 Royal Army Educational Corps 499 — 499 Royal Army Dental Corps 207 190 397 Royal Pioneer Corps 102 1,158 1,260 Intelligence Corps 272 905 1,177 Army Physical Training Corps 49 351 400 Army Catering Corps 164 3,985 4,149 Army Legal Corps 58 — 58 General Service Corps 3 — 3 Long Service List Soldiers — 766 766 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps 490 958 1,448 Women's Royal Army Corps 311 4,061 4,372 A complete breakdown could be provided only at disproportionate cost.