Reserve Forces and Cadets Associations (Hansard, 12 May 2000)

§ Mr. Spellar

Details of the locations of the Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (previously called Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve Associations) are as follows:

Council of Reserve Forces' and Cadets; Associations Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea, London SW3 4SG.

Highland Association Seathwood, 365 Perth Road, Dundee, DD2 1LX Councils forming the Association: Highland, Moray, Aberdeenshire, City of Aberdeen, Perthshire and Kinross, Angus, City of Dundee, Argull and Bute, Stirling, Fife, Falkirk, West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, parts of north Lanarkshire and the Islands area of Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles.

Lowland Association Lowland House, 60 Avenuepark Street, Glasgow G20 8LW Councils forming the Association: The Scottish borders, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, City of Edinburgh, Midlothian, West Lothian, South Lanarkshire. North Lanarkshire (that formerly comprised of Monklands and Motherwell districts) East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, City of Glasgow and that part of Argull and Bute Council comprising the Island of Bute.

North of England Association 53 Old Elvet, Durham DH I 3JJ Counties forming the Association: Northumberland, Durham, Tyne and Wear and the Boroughs of Hartlepool; Stockton: Middlesborough; Redcar and Cleveland.

Yorkshire and the Humber Association 20 St. George's Place, York Y024 IDS Counties forming the Association: North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.

North West of England and Isle of Man Association Alexandra Court, 28 Alexandra Court, Liverpool L17 8YE Counties forming the Association: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside and the Isle of Man.

Wales Association Centre Block, Maindy Barracks, Cardiff CF4 3YE. Counties forming the Association: The Counties of Wales.

West Midland Association Tennal Grange, Tennal Road, Harborne, Birmingham B32 2HX Counties forming the Association: Hereford and Worcester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midland Metropolitan.

East Midlands Association 6 Clifton Terrace, Derby Road, Nottingham NG7 1LZ Counties forming the Association: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland.

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Wessex Association 2 Beaufort Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2JS Counties/Unitary Authorities forming the Association: Bristol, Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire.

Eastern Wessex Association 30 Carlton Place, Southampton S015 2DX Counties forming the Association: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire and Channel Islands.

East Anglia Association Springfield Tyrells", 250 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6BU Counties forming the Association: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire. Norfolk, Suffolk and those parts of the counties of Essex and Hertfordshire which do not form part of the Greater London Boundaries.

Greater London Association Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea, London SW3 4RY Area forming the Association: The Association boundaries conform with the Metropolitan Police boundaries and include the City of London, the boundaries of London and Middlesex and parts of Kent, Surrey, Essex and Hertfordshire.

South East Association Sandling Place, Sandling Lane, Maidstone ME14 2NJ Counties forming the Association: Kent and Surrey excluding those parts of these Counties within the Metropolitan Police District, East Sussex and West Sussex.

Northern Ireland Association 25 Windsor Park, Belfast BT9 6FR Counties forming the Association: The six Counties of Ulster.

On 1 September, the Eastern Wessex and South East Associations will amalgamate and reform as the South East Association. The new Association will be based in Aldershot. At the same time, responsibility for reserve forces and cadets in Dorset will pass to the Wessex Association.

Membership of each RFCA is prescribed by means of a Scheme of Association, which is renewable every five years. Details of the Associations' responsibilities are contained in the Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations' Regulations, which were laid before the House on 23 March and a copy of the Regulations is available in the Library of the House.