§ Sir Alan GlynTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list(a) the duties of the Household Division apart from ceremonial duties and (b) the areas in which units are serving and have served in recent years.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe Household Division comprises both cavalry and infantry regiments and undertakes a wide range of duties outside its ceremonial functions. The division has eight battalions of foot guards, all of which undertake regular infantry tasks both in the United Kingdom and around the world. Recently this has meant units serving as far afield as Cyprus, Belize, Berlin, Gibraltar and Northern Ireland. Units are presently deployed at various locations in the United Kingdom, West Germany and Berlin. The division's two regiments of cavalry alternate between tours of duty with the British Army of the Rhine and 5 Airborne Brigade at Windsor.