The current strength against workforce requirement for the battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland can be found in the table.<\/p>
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Table 1: Strength and workforce requirement of the battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland:<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> The Royal Regiment of Scotland<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Strength<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Workforce Requirement<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Regular Battalions<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland<\/p><\/td> 290<\/p><\/td> 267<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland<\/p><\/td> 480<\/p><\/td> 628<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland<\/p><\/td> 480<\/p><\/td> 628<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland<\/p><\/td> 620<\/p><\/td> 743<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)<\/p><\/td> 80<\/p><\/td> 103<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Reserve Battalions<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (incl. band)<\/p><\/td> 340<\/p><\/td> 468<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (incl. band)<\/p><\/td> 400<\/p><\/td> 468<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Notes/Caveats: <\/strong><\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Strength figures have been provided by Defence Statistics, whilst Workforce Requirement is a single service estimate.<\/p> <\/p> Regular battalions will include some Trained Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) (Full Commitment).<\/p> <\/p> Reserve battalions will include Trained FTRS (Home Commitment), FTRS (Full Commitment), Trained Volunteer Reservists and some Regular personnel.<\/p> <\/p> The Highland and Lowland bands are included with the Reserve battalions.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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Strength figures have been rounded to the nearest 10; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.<\/p>12 Months Ending<\/strong><\/td> 31 March 2015<\/strong><\/td> 31 March 2016<\/strong><\/td> 31 March 2017<\/strong><\/td> 31 March 2018<\/strong><\/td> 31 March 2019<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Tri-Service<\/td> 12,980<\/td> 13,796<\/td> 13,383<\/td> 12,359<\/td> 12,485<\/td><\/tr> Royal Navy/Royal Marines<\/td> 2,933<\/td> 2,997<\/td> 3,045<\/td> 3,042<\/td> 3,143<\/td><\/tr> Army<\/td> 8,165<\/td> 8,600<\/td> 8,294<\/td> 7,217<\/td> 6,985<\/td><\/tr> Royal Air Force<\/td> 1,882<\/td> 2,199<\/td> 2,044<\/td> 2,100<\/td> 2,357<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>