§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what effect the creation of a new Northern Ireland Frontier Army Battalion will have on(a) part-time Ulster Defence Regiment members in the area concerned and (b) full-time Ulster Defence Regiment personnel deployable along the frontier.
§ Mr. Ian StewartThe planned formation of the additional brigade headquarters in Northern Ireland will not entail any changes to the present strengths of the part-time or permanent cadre UDR. However, there will be a number of changes in the deployment of both Regular Army and UDR units. It is not the policy to disclose such operational deployments.