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Ministry of Defence

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Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list (a) the reserve units based in Scotland, (b) their headquarters' location and (c) current strength; what the (i) date and (ii) location of their last deployment was; and if he will make a statement. [144000] Mr. Caplin: [holding answer 15 December 2003]: Since the reorganisation of the Reserve Forces under the Strategic Defence Review no Scottish based reserve units have been deployed on operations. However, sub- units, composite units and individual reservists from units based in Scotland have been deployed to support operations in the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. The location and strength of Scottish reserve units is set out in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Unit Strength HQ address Royal Navy Reserve (RNR) HMS Scotia 227 Director Naval Reserves, South Terrace, Portsmouth Naval Base, PO1 3LS HMS Dalriada 137 Director Naval Reserves, South Terrace, Portsmouth Naval Base, PO1 3LS Royal Marine Reserve (RMR) RMR Scotland 153 Director Royal Marines Reserves, Whale Island, Portsmouth, PO2 8DX Territorial Army (TA) Royal Artillery (RA) 105 Regt RA (V) 415 Artillery House, 301 Colinton Road, Colinton, Edinburgh, EH13 OLA Royal Engineers (RE) 71 Engr Regt RE (V) 383 RAF Leuchars, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 OLX Royal Signals (R SIGS) 2 Sig Sqn (V) 63 TAC Newman House, Mid Craigie Road, Dundee, DD4 7RH 32 Sig Regt (V) 356 21 Jardine Street, Glasgow, G20 6JT Infantry (INF) 51 Highland Regt 591 Queens Barracks, 131 Dunkeld Road, Perth, PH1 5BT 52 Lowland Regt 442 Walcheren Barracks, 122 Hotspur Street, Glasgow, G20 8LQ Royal Logistic Corps (RLC) Scottish Tpt Regt RLC (V) 546 Bothwell House, Elgin Street, Dunfirmline, Fife, KY12 7SB Army Medical Services (AMS) 225 Fd Amb (V) 131 Block 5, Oliver Barracks, Dalkeith Road, Dundee, DD4 7DL 205 Fd Hosp (V) 256 Graham House, 130 Whitefield Road, Glasgow, G51 2YE Adjutant Generals Corp (Royal Military Police) (AGC(RMP)) 243 Pro Coy (V) 52 TAC Beveridge Square, Livingston, EH54 6QF Intelligence Corps (INT) 23 MI Coy (V) 51 TAC, 124 McDonald Road, Edinburgh, Lothian, EH174NQ University Officer Training Corps (UOTC) Aberdeen 178 Roy Strathdee Building, 152 Don Street, Old Aberdeen, AB2 1XQ Edinburgh 268 Duke of Edinburgh House, 301 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH 13 OLA Glasgow and Strathclyde 198 95 University Place, Glasgow, G12 8SU Tayforth 264 TAC, 16 Park Wynd, Dundee, DD1 5HG Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) RAuxAF No 603 (City of Edinburgh) Sqn 118 25 Learmonth Terrace, Edinburgh, EH4 1NZ No 612 (County of Aberdeen) Sqn 56 RAF Leuchars, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 OJX RAuxAF Regt No 2622 (Highland) Sqn 118 RAF Lossiemouth, Elgin, Morayshire, IV31 6SD _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

144000; 415 c946-8W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Armed forces Deployment Location Staff Scotland Reserve forces

Contains statistics

Yes

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