3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment

HC Deb 02 July 1999 vol 334 cc292-3W

Mr. Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current strength of 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment. [88127]

Mr. Doug Henderson

[holding answer 24 June 1999]: The strength of the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment, including all attached Arms, as at 1 May 1999 is shown in the table. The figures are for UK Trained Personnel only, and exclude locally employed personnel, Royal Irish (Home Service) personnel, those reservists mobilised for duties associated with Bosnia and full time reserve personnel.

3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment	Strength
Royal Armoured Corps1	1
Royal Engineers1	1
Infantry2	3
Parachute Regiment	430
Royal Logistic Corps	20
Royal Army Medical Corps	3
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	22
Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support)	23
Army Physical Training Corps	1
Total	504
1 Officers and Soldiers on attachment to the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment
2 The figures for Infantry personnel include all those whose cap badge is of another Infantry Regiment