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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

1141547

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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 Reserve
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people there are in the Army Reserve in (1) Wales, (2) Scotland, (3) Northern Ireland, and (4) England.
tabling member printed	Lord Kilclooney
uin	HL17415
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>As at 1 April 2019, there were an estimated 1,720 Reserve personnel stationed in Wales, 4,140 in Scotland, 1,950 in Northern Ireland and 21,440 in England.</p><p>These figures are based on stationed locations, and not on residence or nationality.</p><p>Figures are taken from the Future Reserve 2020 population, which consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on Full Time Reserve Service contracts who were previously Army Reservists.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 12:10:19 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	657 label Biography information for Lord Kilclooney

1141571

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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	Warships: Decommissioning
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many de-commissioned (1) destroyers, and (2) frigates, remain in the ownership of the Ministry of Defence; and how many of those, if any, could be returned to service.
tabling member printed	Lord Trefgarne
uin	HL17439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence owns no decommissioned destroyers or frigates; therefore, none are available to be returned to service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 02/08/2019 12:10:49 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	1813 label Biography information for Lord Trefgarne