HC Deb 29 April 2002 vol 384 c526W
22. Mr. Baron

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the trained strength of the regular Army was in(a) 1997 and (b) 2001. [50961]

Mr. Ingram

It is difficult to make direct comparison between Army strength figures for 1997 and 2001 as we now provide figures for Army strength incorporating UK Trained Personnel, the Full Time Reserve Service and Gurkhas for the last two years. Prior to this strength figures based on this definition were not available. I have therefore restricted my answer to UK Trained Army Personnel only. This stood at 97,812 as at 31 December 1997 and 96,373 as at 31 December 2001.