HC Deb 15 November 1996 vol 285 cc375-6W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the current year's recruitment targets for each Army regiment. [4423]

Mr. Soames

Recruiting targets are set not by regiment, but by arm and service. In the case of the infantry, soldier targets are set by divisions of infantry. The targets for 1996–97 are shown in the table:

Arm/service Officers Soldiers Apprentices
H Cav/RAC 69 800
RA 88 1,400
RE 62 960 234
R Signals 49 1,040 200
Infantry 234
Household Division 800
Scottish Division 800
Queen's Division 800
King's Division 800
Prince of Wales Division 1,020
Light Division 580
Royal Irish (GS) 140
Parachute Regiment 460
AAC 24 160
RAChD 10 0
RLC 82 2,400 186
Arm/service Officers Soldiers Apprentices
RAMC 54 200
REME 36 640 450
AGC 53 760
RAVC 2 32
SASC 10 0
RADC 10 40
INT CORPS 9 100
APTC 10 0
QARANC 20 120
CA Mus 10 120
Total 802 214,172 21,070
1Officer entry only through late entry commission and SNCO/VVO commissioned on transfer from other arms and services.
1Soldiers and apprentices combined = 15,242.