HC Deb 21 June 1999 vol 333 c306W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the size of the Army in terms of(a) front-line troops, (b) non-military personnel and (c) equipment. [86542]

Mr. Doug Henderson

Under the plans announced as a result of the SDR, the regular Army will be strengthened by the creation of some 3,200 new posts. We are creating a sixth deployable brigade, a powerful new Air Assault Brigade, and we are strengthening our logistic support capability. New equipment entering service now and in the next few years will greatly improve our ability to conduct the hard hitting, mobile land operations of the future.