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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deployments have the Ranger Regiment participated in since 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deployments have the Ranger Regiment participated in since 2021.
Since 2021, the British Army’s Ranger Regiment has conducted 691 deployments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel there are in the Ranger Regiment of the British Army.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel there are in the Ranger Regiment of the British Army.
As of 1 January 2024, there were 1,040 Regular Army Personnel serving in the Ranger Regiment.
Please note the following notes/caveats from Analysis (Army):
- This figure represents Trade Trained Regular and Gurkha Army only and therefore excludes Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves and all other Reserves.
- The figure includes all personnel who are serving in a battalion within the Ranger Regiment.
- As the Ranger Regiment is still an evolving organisation, the above information includes all personnel serving in a Ranger Battalion, some of which may not be Rangers. Figures therefore include attached Arms and are not comparable to figures for other Infantry Regiments.
- The figure includes Gurkhas serving in Ranger Units.
- The figure has been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) recruitment target and (b) actual number of joiners was to the Ranger Regiment for each year since its creation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) recruitment target and (b) actual number of joiners was to the Ranger Regiment for each year since its creation.
It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the headcount was of the Ranger Regiment on every 1 January since its creation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the headcount was of the Ranger Regiment on every 1 January since its creation.
It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service members have passed the new Ranger Regiment cadre course as on 8 July 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service members have passed the new Ranger Regiment cadre course as on 8 July 2022.
I am withholding the number of Service personnel who have completed the Ranger Assessment Cadre and Ranger Course, as disclosure would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness, or security of the Ranger Regiment and therefore the British Armed Forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the training course for the Ranger Regiment has been written.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the training course for the Ranger Regiment has been written.
The training course for the Ranger Regiment has been written and training has commenced. The content will be refined and improved as the Ranger capability develops.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his Department's policy that deployments by the Ranger Regiment be (a) made public and (b) subject to parliamentary scrutiny.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his Department's policy that deployments by the Ranger Regiment be (a) made public and (b) subject to parliamentary scrutiny.
The Ranger Regiment is part of the newly established Army Special Operations Brigade. Its work will include deploying alongside partner forces around the world to counter Violent Extremist Organisations and hostile state threats.
The MOD is committed to being open and transparent to Parliament. However in certain circumstances operational security will prevent confirmation or otherwise of operational activity.
As with other military deployments, it is not the MOD’s intention to update the house each time the Ranger Regiment is deployed, unless there is a specific need and public interest in doing so.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to update the House if the Ranger Regiment is deployed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make it his policy to update the House if the Ranger Regiment is deployed.
The Ranger Regiment is part of the newly established Army Special Operations Brigade. Its work will include deploying alongside partner forces around the world to counter Violent Extremist Organisations and hostile state threats.
The MOD is committed to being open and transparent to Parliament. However in certain circumstances operational security will prevent confirmation or otherwise of operational activity.
As with other military deployments, it is not the MOD’s intention to update the house each time the Ranger Regiment is deployed, unless there is a specific need and public interest in doing so.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Ranger regiment has been deployed to Ukraine since Russia's invasion of that country in February 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Ranger regiment has been deployed to Ukraine since Russia's invasion of that country in February 2022.
As the Secretary of State for Defence said in his statement of 17 January 2022, we deployed UK personnel, including from the Ranger Regiment, to Ukraine to provide training on anti-tank weapons before the Russian invasion. They left Ukraine in early February after delivering this training.
For operational reasons, we will not comment on the exact number of UK military personnel in Ukraine or their whereabouts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to deploy new equipment with the Rangers Regiment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to deploy new equipment with the Rangers Regiment.
Rangers will be equipped to deliver what is asked of them; this may include new vehicles, weapons, surveillance and target acquisition systems, drones and communications. As part of the Army Special Operations Brigade, the Ranger Regiment is designed to deploy globally and conduct a range of different tasks, operating alongside both regular and irregular partners and proxies in high-threat and hostile environments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Command Paper 411 entitled Defence in a competitive age, published March 2021, which four battalions the new Ranger Regiment will be drawn from.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Command Paper 411 entitled Defence in a competitive age, published March 2021, which four battalions the new Ranger Regiment will be drawn from.
As referred to in the Command Paper; Defence in a Competitive Age, the new Ranger Regiment will be aligned with the new Divisions of Infantry and initially seeded from the current Specialised Infantry Battalions: 1 SCOTS, 2 PWRR, 2 LANCS and 4 RIFLES.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to draw the personnel for the new Ranger Regiment from all Infantry units of the British Army; what assessment they have made of the additional training resources required for that regiment to be able to operate in complex and high risk environments;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to draw the personnel for the new Ranger Regiment from all Infantry units of the British Army; what assessment they have made of the additional training resources required for that regiment to be able to operate in complex and high risk environments;...
The new Ranger Regiment is part of an Army Special Operations Brigade and will receive a share of a £120 million investment over the next four years. It will initially be seeded from the four Specialised Infantry Battalions and in time will become all-arms units capable of supporting and conducting special operations in high-risk environments.
Under the transformation announced by the Secretary of State for Defence, the Army will be more actively and persistently engaged overseas. This does not mean that all deployments will be lengthy and the impact on individuals and their families will be carefully managed under policy designed to ensure that they are not over-stretched. To complement the Army Special Operations Brigade, a Security Force Assistance (SFA) Brigade will also be established and this will form the foundation of the Army's contribution to persistent engagement overseas.
The Army will use spring and early summer 2021 to refine and test the designs, capabilities and structure of its units before making more detailed announcements later this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the new Ranger Brigade will be formed; and what its manned strength will be.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the new Ranger Brigade will be formed; and what its manned strength will be.
The newly announced Ranger Regiment will initially form up in August 2021 and is to be seeded from the current Specialised Infantry Battalions with a strength of around.1,000 soldiers. This regiment will form the heart of the new Army Special Operations Brigade, receiving a share of a £120 million investment over the next four years, and will be supported by a variety of enablers. The Army will use the spring and early summer 2021 to refine and test its designs, capabilities and structures before more detailed announcements can be made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce the location of the headquarters of the Special Operations Brigade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to announce the location of the headquarters of the Special Operations Brigade.
Following the Secretary of State's announcement to the House on 22 March of the creation of the Special Operations Brigade built around the four battalions of the new Ranger Regiment, the Army will now undertake a period of refinement and testing its future structures and capabilities. Once the conclusions from this work have been endorsed by Ministers then we will be in a position to provide more detail.
Integrated Review: Defence Command Paper
The following are extracts from the statement on the Defence Command Paper on 22 March 2021.
We will deploy new automated minehunting systems, which will replace the Sandown and Hunt classes as they retire through the decade. The interim surface-to-surface guided weapon will replace the Typhoon missile,...
Integrated Review: Defence Command Paper
The following are extracts from the statement on the Defence Command Paper on 22 March 2021.
We will deploy new automated minehunting systems, which will replace the Sandown and Hunt classes as they retire through the decade. The interim surface-to-surface guided weapon will replace the Typhoon missile,...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, for their welcome recognition of the contribution made by our Armed Forces to the Covid response during a worrying and disturbing time for everyone. I think we are united in admiring what our Armed Forces...
My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, and the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, for their welcome recognition of the contribution made by our Armed Forces to the Covid response during a worrying and disturbing time for everyone. I think we are united in admiring what our Armed Forces...
My Lords, as we mark one year since lockdown began, I start by thanking the Armed Forces for their help during the pandemic. They have been essential to our response, from building hospitals to assisting with the vaccine programme, and we owe them a great deal.
In the last defence review,...
My Lords, as we mark one year since lockdown began, I start by thanking the Armed Forces for their help during the pandemic. They have been essential to our response, from building hospitals to assisting with the vaccine programme, and we owe them a great deal.
In the last defence review,...
My Lords, from these Benches I echo many of the words of the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, and there are certain questions that I will therefore not reiterate. However, one area that I would like to reinforce is our gratitude to our Armed Forces. The second point that I shall...
My Lords, from these Benches I echo many of the words of the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, and there are certain questions that I will therefore not reiterate. However, one area that I would like to reinforce is our gratitude to our Armed Forces. The second point that I shall...
My Lords, it is a great pity that this thoughtful and considered defence review should be so spoilt by the unwise and, I think, dangerous decision to reduce substantially the size of the Army, to the consternation of our allies, the satisfaction of potential adversaries and, I fear, to the...
My Lords, it is a great pity that this thoughtful and considered defence review should be so spoilt by the unwise and, I think, dangerous decision to reduce substantially the size of the Army, to the consternation of our allies, the satisfaction of potential adversaries and, I fear, to the...