Armed Forces (Wales) (Hansard, 12 November 2003)

HC Deb 12 November 2003 vol 413 cc324-5W 324W

§ Mr. Llwyd
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Marine, (c) Army and (d) RAF personnel are stationed in Wales, broken down by location; and if he will make a statement. [137311]

§ Mr. Caplin
The number of UK Regular Forces Personnel located in Wales, by local authority area as at 1 July 2002 were as follows.
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Total Naval
service
Army RAF

Wales 2,110 20 920 1,160

Isle of Anglesey 370 10 20 340

Bridgend ²— 0 ²— 0

Cardiff 80 0 70 ²—

Carmarthenshire ²— 0 ²— ²—

Conwy ²— ²— 0 0

Denbighshire ²— 0 ²— 0

Flintshire 180 0 ⁰ 180

Monmouthshire 10 0 10 0

Newport 20 0 20 0

Pembrokeshire 540 0 520 20

Powys 230 0 230 0

Swansea 30 0 20 ²—

Torfaen ²— 0 ²— 0

Vale of Glamorgan 610 10 0 600

Wrexham 30 ⁰ 20 ²—

¹Figure is under 5

Note:
Naval Service includes both Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel.