§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the secretary of State for Defence what the strength and complement is of each regiment in the UK. [6953]
§ Mr. IngramThe establishments and actual strengths of each regiment based in the United Kingdom as at 1 September 2001 are shown in the table. The figures do not include the Royal Irish (Home Service), Special Forces or the Territorial Army.
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Unit Establishment1 Actual strength2 as at 1 September 2001 Household Cavalry Regt. 463 455 Household Cavalry Mounted Regt. 340 327 Queens Dragoon Guards 398 437 Kings Royal Hussars 497 465 Light Dragoons 469 434 1 Royal Horse Artillery 571 509 19 Regt. Royal Artillery 341 311 40 Regt. Royal Artillery 571 552 2 Signal Regt. 3552 376 14 Signal Regt. 718 509 21 Signal Regt. 593 380 30 Signal Regt. 4695 612 1 Grenadier Guards 623 586 1 Coldstream Guards 612 613 1 Scots Guard 624 594 1 Welsh Guards 670 681 1 Royal Scots 610 519 1 Princess of Wales's Royal Regt. 670 618 2 Princess of Wales's Royal Regt. 687 608 2 Royal Regt. of Fusiliers 620 517 1 Kings 670 583 1 Royal Anglian 667 642 2 Royal Anglian 620 599 1 Devonshire and Dorset Regt. 623 539 1 Light Infantry 620 609 2 Light Infantry 667 643 1 Prince of Wales Own 620 516 1 Green Howards 651 554 1 Royal Highland Fusiliers 621 548 1 Royal Welsh Fusiliers 620 636 1 Kings Own Scottish Borderers 668 655 1 Royal Irish 688 5691
Unit Establishment1 Actual strength2 as at 1 September 2001 1 Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regt. 616 555 1 Worcestershire Forester Regt. 610 612 1 Queens Lancashire Regt. 667 568 1 Staffords 670 570 1 Highlanders 624 504 1 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 617 584 1 Parachute Regt. 620 602 2 Parachute Regt. 686 6683 3 Parachute Regt. 667 701 2 Royal Gurkha Rifles 706 734 1 Royal Green Jackets 620 588 3 Regt. Army Air Corps 307 305 4 Regt. Army Air Corps 302 317 1 Establishment strength source is from Directorate of Communications Information Systems (Army) 2 Actual strength source is from Defence Analytical Services Agency (Army) 3 Includes Gurkha Sig. Sqn. 4 Includes Gurkha Sig. Sqn. 5 Includes Gurkha Reinforcement Company 6 Includes Gurkha Reinforcement Company