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1306383

registered interest
date	25/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Regiment of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel there were in the Royal Regiment of Scotland on 1 January 2020.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	176038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2021 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2020, there were 1,970 Army personnel in the Royal Regiment of Scotland.</p><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:<br></p><ol><li>Figures provided by Defence Statistics (Army).</li><li>Figures are for Trade Trained Regulars only.</li><li>The above figures are for Infantry only.</li><li>The above figures include all members within the Regiment regardless of whether they are serving at Regimental Duty.</li><li>All Officers of Paid Rank Colonel and above are included in Staff regardless of late Arm/Corps and therefore have been excluded from the figures.</li><li>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.</li></ol> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 13/04/2021 10:53:21 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

1304639

registered interest
date	22/03/2021
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Regiment of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel there are in the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Dave Doogan
uin	173166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2021, there were 2,060 Army personnel in the Royal Regiment of Scotland.</p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><ul><li>Figures provided by Defence Statistics (Army).</li><li>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes.</li><li>Figures are for Trade Trained Regulars only.</li><li>The above figures are for Infantry only.</li><li>The above figures include all members within the Regiment regardless of whether they are serving at Regimental Duty.</li><li>All Officers of Paid Rank Colonel and above are included in Staff regardless of late Arm/Corps and therefore have been excluded from the figures.</li></ul> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 25/03/2021 11:48:52 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4736 label Biography information for Dave Doogan

939911

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Regiment of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Order of Battle is of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	163481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The units that form the Royal Regiment of Scotland are:</p><ul><li>The Royal Scots Borderers 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</li><li>The Royal Highland Fusiliers 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</li><li>The Black Watch 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</li><li>The Highlanders 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</li><li>Balaklava Company, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</li><li>52nd Lowland 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</li><li>51st Highland 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</li></ul> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2018 15:18:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

939912

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Regiment of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the manpower establishment by rank and number is of each battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland; and what the manpower shortfall is for each such battalion.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	163482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the establishment and strength of each battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Regimental Duty Establishment</p></td><td><p>Regimental Duty Strength</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>212</p></td><td><p>220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>567</p></td><td><p>441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>567</p></td><td><p>460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland are a mechanised infantry Battalion</p></td><td><p>637</p></td><td><p>486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (Reserve)</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>304</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (Reserve)</p></td><td><p>412</p></td><td><p>328</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p>Current strengths have been provided by Defence Statistics, establishment figures are a single source estimate.</p><p> </p><p>Regular figures are for trade trained Army and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from Gurkha Trained Adult Manpower to UK Trained Adult Population.</p><p>Reserve figures are for trained FR20 Army only. The FR20 population consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS contracts who were previously Army Reservists.</p><p>Regimental duty is defined as personnel serving in a regimental unit, for example, in the 1st Battalion.</p><p>Establishment and strength data do not include attached personnel from other arms and corps, nor do they include personnel at extra regimental employment in posts away from their parent unit.</p><p> </p><p>Defence does not routinely publish establishment and strength data in further detail as to do so would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 17/07/2018 16:21:41 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

846890

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Regiment of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new recruits joined the Regiment of Scotland during 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	129064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Untrained Regular and Future Reserves 2020 soldier intake for the Royal Regiment of Scotland during 2016/2017 and for the period 1 April 2017 to 31 December 2017 (the latest figures available).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1 April – 31 December 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Army Inflow</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Reserves 20 Inflow</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes/Caveats:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Regular Inflow figures show untrained soldier intake from civil life. Individuals may transfer to another regiment before finishing their training or may leave the Army before completing training.</p><p> </p><p>Officer Cadets are not allocated a Regiment on inflow to Sandhurst, and therefore have been excluded from the data tables.</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 grouped question UIN 129065 question first answered 27/02/2018 14:27:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

846891

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Regiment of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new recruits have joined the Regiment of Scotland in 2018 to date.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	129065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Untrained Regular and Future Reserves 2020 soldier intake for the Royal Regiment of Scotland during 2016/2017 and for the period 1 April 2017 to 31 December 2017 (the latest figures available).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1 April – 31 December 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Army Inflow</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Future Reserves 20 Inflow</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes/Caveats:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Regular Inflow figures show untrained soldier intake from civil life. Individuals may transfer to another regiment before finishing their training or may leave the Army before completing training.</p><p> </p><p>Officer Cadets are not allocated a Regiment on inflow to Sandhurst, and therefore have been excluded from the data tables.</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 grouped question UIN 129064 question first answered 27/02/2018 14:27:51 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman

723112

registered interest
date	21/04/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Royal Regiment of Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contact coupons were distributed by battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	71545
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2017 answer text <p>No information is held on the number of contact coupons, also known as &quot;Expressions of Interest&quot; forms, that the Royal Regiment of Scotland has distributed since 2014.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 26/04/2017 10:30:30 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman