HC Deb 02 December 1994 vol 250 c945W
Mr. Trotter

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current strength of the Royal Marine Reserve in each of the five main centres and 12 smaller detachments.

Mr. Soames

The information requested, as at 1 November 1994, is as follows:

RMR Centre Total Strength Detachments
RMR London 19 London—99
Chatham—20
Henley on Thames—30
Portsmouth—42
RMR Scotland 172 Glasgow—94
Greenock—26
Grangemouth—18
Dundee—34
RMR Bristol 267 Bristol—90
Cardiff—32
Poole—46
Lympstone—46
Plymouth—53
RMR Merseyside 198 Liverpool—121
Rochdale—53
Birmingham—24
RMR Tyne 179 (no detachments)