Written question asked by Bridget Phillipson (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 February 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 March 2012. It was answered by Lord Robathan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 March 2012 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Armed Forces: Manpower

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many (a) Gurkhas, (b) soldiers, (c) airmen, (d) naval personnel and (e) reservists were based in each (i) constituency, (ii) local authority area and (iii) region in May 2010; and how many such personnel were based at each such location at the conclusion of Tranche 1 and Tranche 2 of the Armed Forces Redundancy Programme;

Answer: [holding answer 5 March 2012]: The requested information, where available, has been placed in the Library of the House.Location information in respect of reserve forces is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.Although the selection of candidates for Tranche 1 has been completed this element of the redundancy programme will not finish until September 2012 when those who are non-volunteers will leave service. Similarly, Tranche 2 of the programme was launched on 17 January 2012 and the outcome will not be known until June 2012. It is therefore too early to say for either tranche at this time how many people in each of these regions will be affected.

Secondary information