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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

1140544

registered interest
date	19/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the hon. Member for Blenau Gwent's oral contribution of 8 July 2019, Official Report, column 11, when the full-time trained strength target for the Army will be reached.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	279429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2019 answer text <p>As I said to the hon. Member on 8 July, it is difficult to put an exact date on when the Army will reach its full trade trained strength. However, the Army have a series of initiatives in place aimed at improving both recruitment and retention. These are starting to yield benefits but ensuring the Army is at the appropriate size requires sustained effort and investment. However, most importantly the Army continues to meet all of its operational commitments that keep Britain safe.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 25/07/2019 07:03:53 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1137822

registered interest
date	09/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, by what criteria or process her Department chose 82,000 as the optimum number of personnel for the army.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	275137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The proposal for a regular Army of 82,000 emerged from work that followed the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 15/07/2019 13:43:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1125111

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Heavy Armoured Brigades her Department plans to have in the British Army Future Force Structure.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	251199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review set out the Government's intent for the Army to deliver, as part of Joint Force 2025, a warfighting division drawn from two armoured infantry brigades and two new strike brigades.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/05/2019 16:11:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

1082149

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to change the military Brigade structure throughout the UK; and what effect changes to the military Brigade structure would have on the 38 (Irish) Brigade in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson
uin	228563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Army is in the process of refining its structures to optimise delivery of the outputs required by Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015, including the ability to deploy a modern, warfighting Division. This process is called Army 2020 Refine (A2020) and more detail was provided in the statement by the then Secretary of State for Defence on 15 December 2016 [HCWS367], and the answer I gave on 11 December 2017 to Question 117878.</p><p>A2020(R) is also reviewing how the Army's light infantry units are structured within 1st (UK) Division to ensure they are optimised to deliver the outputs required. This could see a change in the current attribution of combat units to Brigades, including 38 (Irish) Brigade, but will have no impact on the Army's footprint in Northern Ireland. No decisions have been considered by Ministers at this point.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster attachment 1 file name 117878 - Strike Experimentation Group.docx title 117878 - Strike Experimentation Group 2 file name HCWS367 - Stategic Defence and Security Review - Army.docx title HCWS367 - SDSR - Army question first answered 11/03/2019 16:57:26 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson

1054893

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) establishment strength and (b) actual strength was of each regular infantry battalion in the British Army on the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	216164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The information requested will take time to collate and I will write to the hon. Member shortly.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/02/2019 16:16:32 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1012385

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Order of Battle is by (a) manpower and (b) basing locations for the (i) Infantry, (ii) Royal Artillery, (iii) Royal Corps of Signals, (iv) Army Medical Services, (v) Adjutant General's Corps, (vi) Royal Armoured Corps, (vii) Army Air Corps, (viii) Royal Engineers, (ix) Royal Logistics Corps, (x) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (xi) Intelligence Corps.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	194616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2018 answer text <p>A breakdown of Army units by corps, with details of their current liability and location, is provided in the attached table. The units are listed in corps order of precedence and the table includes both reserve and regular units, but excludes training regiments.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Army 2020 (Refine) work announced by the then Secretary of State for Defence on 15 December 2016, the Army is currently reshaping its structures. This means that some details will change as Army 2020 (Refine) continues to be developed and implemented.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 29/11/2018 15:52:37 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 194616_Answer_Table_Order_Of_Battle.pdf title 194616 - Order of Battle with Manpower and Basing
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

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

984387

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	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 who have been discharged following the failure of a compulsory drugs test have subsequently rejoined the (i) Infantry, (ii) Royal Artillery, (iii) Royal Corps of Signals, (iv) Army Medical Services, (v) Adjutant General's Corps, (vi) Royal Armoured Corps, (vii) Army Air Corps, (viii) Royal Engineers, (ix) Royal Logistics Corps, (x) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (xi) Intelligence Corps.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	177201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>The number of Regular and Reserve soldiers who have been discharged following the failure of a compulsory drugs test and have subsequently re-joined the Army since January 2015 in the specified capbadges is shown in the table below. No officers have re-joined in this time. Data for earlier years is not held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Capbadge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Soldiers re-enlisted </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Regiment of Artillery</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps of Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Corps of Signals</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistics Corps</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical <br> Engineers</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Misuse of drugs in the Armed Forces is unacceptable and anyone who fails a drugs test can expect to be discharged.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Note:</strong></p><p>Those who have re-joined will have done so after leaving the Army a minimum of two years earlier.</p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>‘-‘ denotes zero or rounded to zero.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/10/2018 15:04:35 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood previous answer version 78301 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones