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724553

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the total savings to the public purse of reductions in the number of Army personnel since the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	71999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1142453

	registered interest
	date	25/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, are serving full-time in the British army.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	uin	HL17527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2019, there were 75,230 male and 7,540 female personnel in the full-time trade-trained strength and their untrained counterparts. This population does not include full-time Reserves Service (Home Commitment), Military Provost Guard Service and non-regular permanent staff, of which there are an additional 4,960 male and 260 female personnel.</p><p> </p><p>Full-time trade-trained strength includes Regulars, Gurkhas, and full-time Reserves Service (Full Commitment and Limited Commitment). Mobilised Reserves have not been included in the data, as these are only full-time whilst mobilised. Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 12:15:31 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

1141546

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) men, and (2) women, are in the British army.
	tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
	uin	HL17414
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2019, there were 74,940 male and 7,510 female personnel in the Regular Army and Gurkha population, and 25,400 male and 4,060 female personnel in the Army Reserve.</p><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p> </p><p>The Figures are for trained and untrained Regular and Gurkha personnel excluding Full Time Reserve Service.</p><p> </p><p>Reserve figures are taken from the FR20 population consisting of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS contracts who were previously Army Reservists.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 12:15:20 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
	tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

794258

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officers and (b) soldiers there were in the British Army in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	115231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The officer and soldier strengths of the Army at 1 April for each year since 2000 are shown below:</p><p> </p><p>Army Full Time Strength</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>Soldiers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>14,130</p></td><td><p>100,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>14,320</p></td><td><p>99,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>14,550</p></td><td><p>100,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>14,940</p></td><td><p>102,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>15,180</p></td><td><p>102,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>15,040</p></td><td><p>98,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>15,130</p></td><td><p>96,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>15,100</p></td><td><p>95,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>15,090</p></td><td><p>94,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>14,930</p></td><td><p>96,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>15,020</p></td><td><p>98,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>15,020</p></td><td><p>95,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>14,660</p></td><td><p>93,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>14,060</p></td><td><p>89,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>13,360</p></td><td><p>80,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td><td><p>77,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>12,790</p></td><td><p>75,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>12,910</p></td><td><p>73,870</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Future Reserves 2020 Strength</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>Soldiers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>21,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>20,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,350</p></td><td><p>19,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,490</p></td><td><p>20,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4,840</p></td><td><p>23,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5,100</p></td><td><p>24,840</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Numbers are for trained and untrained personnel and have been produced by Defence Statistics.</p><ol start="2"><li>Full time strength in the above tables includes the trained element which contributes to the liability. e.g. it includes Gurkhas but it excludes Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) Home Commitment (HC) and those FTRS serving on Operational Commitment Establishment (Reserve). As such these may differ from published statistics.</li></ol><p>3. The Future Reserves 2020 population consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS(HC) contracts who were previously Army Reservists. Ministry of Defence does not hold Future Reserves 2020 population data pre – 2012.</p><p>4. Figures have been rounded to 10, numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/12/2017 17:04:56 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 26546 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

932834

	registered interest
	date	29/06/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to disband (1) Headquarters 160th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Wales, (2) 31st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland, or (3) HQ Northern Ireland; and if so why.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL9115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to disband Headquarters 160th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Wales, Headquarters 51st Infantry Brigade and Headquarters Scotland, or Headquarters 38th (Irish) Infantry Brigade. There is currently no 31st Infantry Brigade.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 04/07/2018 15:51:15 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

984317

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the numerical strength of (1) the British Army, and (2) the Army Reserve.
	tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
	uin	HL10525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The following table contains the numerical strength of the Regular and Reserve Forces at July 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Full Time Trained and Trade Trained Strength</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Trained Future Reserves 2020</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Navy/Royal Marines</strong></p></td><td><p>29,154</p></td><td><p>2,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p>76,877</p></td><td><p>26,789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p>30,276</p></td><td><p>2,557</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Full Time Trained and Trade Trained includes UK Regulars, Gurkhas and elements of Full Time Reserve Service Personnel.</p><p> </p><p>The figures are published in the Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/735714/1_July_2018_-_SPS.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/735714/1_July_2018_-_SPS.xlsx</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Earl Howe grouped question UIN HL10524 HL10526 question first answered 23/10/2018 14:26:34 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne

856310

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a log of the daily activities of HQ 39 Infantry Brigade is still in existence; and if so, under whose control it is kept.
	tabling member printed	Lord Empey
	uin	HL6100
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Army formation records, including operational logs, are subject to the Public Record Acts 1958 and 1967. These require that records aged 30 years (reducing to 20 years following the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010) are to be reviewed for selection for permanent preservation at The National Archives. Where the record is required for ongoing Departmental business, or the record contains information that is still sensitive, authority will be sought for the record's retention by the Ministry of Defence (MOD). Where a record is not selected for permanent preservation by The National Archives or retention within the Department, it is destroyed.</p><p>39 Infantry Brigade originally formed during World War 1, reforming in the 1950's and becoming involved in Northern Ireland in 1969 until its disbandment in 2007. To examine logs for the entirety of the Brigade's formation would require detailed searches through MOD's Main and Sensitive Archives and through The National Archive.</p><p>We are unable to determine if any Daily Logs exist without incurring disproportionate cost. If any daily activity logs do exist, they will be under the control of the MOD or The National Archive in line with the review process described above.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 19/03/2018 16:19:34 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

749348

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the size of the British Army; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	3380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>We will maintain the overall size of the Armed Forces, including an Army that is capable of fielding a war-fighting division.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/07/2017 12:55:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

733140

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Department remains committed to maintain (a) the Royal Welsh (1st and 3rd battalions), (b) the Welsh Guards and (c) the Queen's Dragoon Guards at their current levels of personnel and resource beyond 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	1321
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>Under current Army plans there is no intent to significantly change the personnel and resource level of the units in question.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 03/07/2017 15:22:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

797999

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the regular Army’s full-time trained strength was in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	116906
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The regular Army’s full time trained strength is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>As At:</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Figure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 November 2016</p></td><td><p>80,640</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 December 2016</p></td><td><p>80,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 January 2017</p></td><td><p>80,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 February 2017</p></td><td><p>79,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 March 2017</p></td><td><p>79,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 April 2017</p></td><td><p>79,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 May 2017</p></td><td><p>79,540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 June 2017</p></td><td><p>79,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 July 2017</p></td><td><p>79,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 August 2017</p></td><td><p>78,990</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 September 2017</p></td><td><p>79,440</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>01 October 2017</p></td><td><p>79,110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Defence Statistics (Army)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Notes/Caveats:</strong></p><p>The above figures are for the Full Time Trained Regular Army only and therefore excludes Gurkhas and Full Time Reserve Service and therefore the numbers above are not counted against the 82k target.</p><p>The definition of 'Trained' changed in October 2016 to include both Trade Trained Personnel and those personnel undergoing Phase 2 Training and therefore the numbers above are not counted against the 82k target.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes, numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/12/2017 16:14:11 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones