HC Deb 17 December 2003 vol 415 cc942-3W
Mr. Gibb

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total cost was of Army personnel removals between garrison towns in the UK in each year since 1990; and how many such removals took place in each year since 1990. [143837]

Mr. Caplin

The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the percentage of(a) female and (b) male soldiers is in (i) the regular army, (ii) the Territorial Army, (iii) the full-time Royal Irish Regiment and (iv) the part-time Royal Irish Regiment. [144019]

Mr. Caplin

The percentages of female and male soldiers in the Regular Army, TA, Full Time Royal Irish Regiment and Part-time Royal Irish Regiments are as follows.

Percentage
Male Female
Regular Army 93.0 7.0
Territorial Army 83.0 17.0
Full-time Royal Irish Regiment 91.0 9.0
Part-time Royal Irish Regiment 91.1 8.9
Notes:
Data for the Regular Army and the Territorial Army are as at 1 October 2003 Data for the Royal Irish Regiments are as at 18 October 2003 Data for Royal Irish Regiment are for trained personnel only.