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Army

Answer

[holding answer 13 July 2012]: I refer the right hon. Member to the Statement made by the Secretary of State for Defence, the right hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), on 5 July 2012, Official Report, columns 1087-88, in which he announced changes to a number of units that will be withdrawn, amalgamated or merged resulting in the reduction overall of 17 units.

The following table shows the total number of regular Army personnel, both officers and soldiers, employed within each of the units affected:

Establishment	Total Regular Army personnel employed
9th/12th Lancers	371
Queens Royal Lancers	485
1st Royal Tank Regiment	351
2nd Royal Tank Regiment	526
39 Regiment Royal Artillery	581
24 Commando Engineer Regiment	369
28 Engineer Regiment	536
67 Works Group Royal Engineers	58
5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS)	582
2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (2RRF)	619
2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (2 YORKS)	588
3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (3 MERCIAN)	630
2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh (2 R WELSH)	762
1 Regiment Army Air Corps	336
9 Regiment Army Air Corps	450
1 Logistic Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps	536
2 Logistic Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps	508
23 Pioneer Regiment Royal Logistic Corps	556
101 Force Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	235
5th Regiment Royal Military Police	200

These figures comprise all regular Army personnel under the command of the unit's commanding officer and therefore include Army personnel from other arms and corps employed at the unit.

An individual in a unit which is being withdrawn or merged is no more or less likely than any other individual with similar skills and service record to be selected for future redundancy. When units are withdrawn from the Army's order of battle their personnel will be reassigned to other units, where possible within the same regiment.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

117080; 549 cc37-8W

Session

2012-13

Subjects

Army

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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