Guards Battalions (Hansard, 11 February 2002)

§ Mr. Ingram

[holding answer 1 February 2002]: The number of trained officers and soldiers serving in the Guards Battalions, as at 1 January 2002, broken down by nationality is shown in the table. Figures do not include companies that are serving on public duties. In order to conform to confidentiality regulations, exact numbers for

Trained guards strength by regiment and nationality as at 1 January 2002—PQ2386M
Nationality	Grenadier	Coldstream	Scots	Irish	Welsh
Soldier
Belize	¹—
Fiji/St. Vincent	¹—		7	¹—	¹—
Gambia	¹—
Hong Kong		¹—
Jamaica		¹—		¹—
Kenya					¹—
New Zealand				¹—
Republic of Ireland	¹—			25	¹—
Zimbabwe	¹—	¹—		¹—
British/Commonwealth/Foreign²	20	17	14	17	9
England	499	518	188	391	125
Irish Republic	¹—			5
Isle of Man			¹—
Northern Ireland	¹—	¹—	¹—	135	¹—
Scotland	13	10	307	33	10
South Africa	¹—		¹—	¹—
Wales	¹—	7	5	¹—	462
Officer
India		¹—
New Zealand Islands	¹—
Republic of Ireland				¹—
Britain	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—	¹—
Britain/Irish Republic²			¹—	¹—
England	37	32	25	31	29
Isle of Man/Channel Islands		¹—
Northern Ireland			¹—	¹—
Scotland	¹—	¹—	8	¹—
Wales	¹—			¹—	¹—
¹ Indicates that, in order to conform to confidentiality rules, exact numbers less than five cannot be disclosed either directly or indirectly.
² This category indicates those personnel who have dual nationality and class themselves as British/Irish Republic.

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nationalities where representation is less than five cannot be disclosed. The total strengths are therefore quoted in a separate table.

Regiment strengths as at 1 January 2002
Guards	Total strength
Grenadier	592
Coldstream	599
Scots	567
Irish	660
Welsh	650

Note:

Figures do not include FTRS and Gurkhas