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Written question asked by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 8 September 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 September 2008. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Monday, 29 September 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Army: Manpower

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) authorised establishment and (b) number of vacancies of each (i) battalion and (ii) other definition of army unit is; and what the comparative figures were on the same date in each of the calendar years (i) 2005, (ii) 2006 and (iii) 2007.
Answer

[holding answer 15 November 2008]: The figures requested are shown as follows. The data is shown by cap badge since this information is not collated at battalion level.

Liability Deficit (-)/Surplus(+)
2008
Staff—Senior Officers 747 83
Royal Armoured Corps 5,674 -109
Royal Artillery 7,424 -324
Royal Engineers 9,567 -202
Royal Signals 8,310 -345
Infantry 23,304 -364
Army Air Corps 2,096 -66
Chaplains 160 -20
Royal Logistic Corps 16,183 -988
Royal Army Medical Corps 3,254 -254
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 9,896 -410
Adjutant General's Corps 6,625 -605
Royal Army Veterinary Corps 205 65
Small Arms School Corps 144 6
Royal Army Dental Corps 495 -110
Intelligence Corps 1,624 -124
Army Physical Training Corps 432 23
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps 1,158 -303
Corps of Army Music 888 -68
General Service Corps 0 10
Long Service List 621 -36
Not Known¹ 0 25
Gurkha 2,993 577
2007
Staff (Senior Officers) 747 103
Royal Armoured Corps 5,674 -189
Royal Artillery 7,424 -389
Royal Engineers 9,567 -572
Royal Signals 8,310 -60
Infantry 23,304 -229
Army Air Corps 2,096 -51
Chaplains 160 -15
Royal Logistic Corps 16,183 -703
Royal Army Medical Corps 3,254 -304
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 9,896 -311
Adjutant General's Corps 6,625 -305
Royal Army Veterinary Corps 205 20
Small Arms School Corps 144 1
Royal Army Dental Corps 495 -135
Intelligence Corps 1,624 -129
Army Physical Training Corps 432 8
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps 1,158 -318
Corps of Army Music 888 -33
General Service Corps 0 10
Long Service List 621 -21
Not Known — —
Gurkha 2,993 347
2006
Staff (Senior Officers) 725 100
Royal Armoured Corps 5,790 -315
Royal Artillery 7,480 -195
Royal Engineers 9,455 -685
Royal Signals 8,440 25
Infantry 24,620 -845
Army Air Corps 2,010 10
Chaplains 135 5
Royal Logistic Corps 15,705 -75
Royal Army Medical Corps 3,271 -360
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 9,680 50
Adjutant General's Corps 6,245 441
Royal Army Veterinary Corps 190
Small Arms School Corps 145 10
Royal Army Dental Corps 420 -56
Intelligence Corps 1,545 -70
Army Physical Training Corps 420 40
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps 1,075 -230
Corps of Army Music 880 20
General Service Corps — —
Long Service List 485 120
Not Known — —
Gurkha 3,372 -63
2005
Staff (Senior Officers) 830 —
Royal Armoured Corps 5,295 390
Royal Artillery 7,580 -85
Royal Engineers 10,020 -1,165
Royal Signals 8,550 200
Infantry 24,420 481
Army Air Corps 2,160 -225
Chaplains 160 -20
Royal Logistic Corps 16,385 -790
Royal Army Medical Corps 3,280 -495
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 9,575 185
Adjutant General's Corps 6,870 170
Royal Army Veterinary Corps 200 -10
Small Arms School Corps 155 —
Royal Army Dental Corps 441 -70
Intelligence Corps 1,835 -410
Army Physical Training Corps 446 -10
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps 1,100 -290
Corps of Army Music 925 40
General Service Corps — —
Long Service List 485 130
Not Known — —
Gurkha 3,372 -62
¹ The explanation for a 'Not Known' category appearing in 2008 is that a very few personnel have not yet been categorised by the Joint Personnel Administration system.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
223466; 479 c2435-8W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Army Staff
Link
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