Ulster Defence Regiment

HC Deb 17 January 1977 vol 924 cc63-4W

Mr Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will publish the conditions of service for the full-time platoons of the Ulster Defence Regiment.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

Additional personnel recruited into the full-time element of the Ulster Defence Regiment because of the expansion which my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced in the House on 17th December 1976, will be enrolled under the existing terms and conditions of service.—[Vol. 922, c. 1940.]

However, revised terms and conditions of service for the full-time element of the Regiment are now under consideration and any changes will be published in the normal way in due course.

Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what proportions of the Ulster Defence Regiment are normally engaged operationally and on administrative and static guard duties, respectively.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

For operational reasons it is not our practice to disclose numbers or proportions of troops engaged on particular duties.

Mr. Biggs-Davison

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration has been given to the formation of a UDR Reserve.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

There are no plans to introduce a UDR Reserve.