§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the current year's recruitment targets for each Army regiment. [4423]
§ Mr. SoamesRecruiting 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:
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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.