HC Deb 06 February 1997 vol 289 cc683-4W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Army regiments there were in(a) 1979 and (b) 1997. [14488]

Mr. Soames

The information requested is given in the following table:

Number of major army units at 1 April 1979 and 1 April 11997
Corps 1 April 1979 1 April 1997
Royal armoured corps 219 311
Royal artillery 222 216
Royal engineers 49 10
Infantry5 56 40
Special air service 1 1
Number of major army units at 1 April 1979 and 1 April 11997
Corps 1 April 1979 1 April 1997
Army air corps 6 5
Royal corps of signals 212 211
Total 125 94
1 The table covers regular Army units of battalion size or equivalent in the major combat arms.
2 Includes training regiments.
3 Excludes the Household Cavalry mounted regiment.
4 Includes the Queen's Gurkha engineers.
5 Including Gurkha battalions.