HC Deb 10 December 2001 vol 376 c533W
Mr. Jenkin

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of each of the armed forces were deployable at the latest date for which figures are available. [18460]

Mr. Ingram

As at 1 November 2001, the Navy had a trained strength of 37,176, of which 33,352 personnel were fully deployable and 1,638 were deployable with some limitations. The Regular Army, excluding Gurkhas and the Royal Irish, amounted to 96,255 personnel of whom 86,296 were fully deployable and an additional 7,042 deployable with some limitations. The RAF had a trained strength of 49,116 of which 45,245 were deployable.