HC Deb 16 October 2001 vol 372 cc1135-6W
Angus Robertson

To ask the secretary of State for Defence what the strength and complement is of each regiment in the UK. [6953]

Mr. Ingram

The 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.

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

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