Previous Section Index Home Page

18 Jun 2008 : Column 1010W—continued



18 Jun 2008 : Column 1011W

18 Jun 2008 : Column 1012W
Officer and soldier outflow( 1) to civilian life from UK Regular Army( 2) by specified Arm Service and financial year from 1997
Financial year of outflow
Arm Service 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07( 3) 2007-08

Royal Armoured Corp

610

810

740

760

670

750

780

720

750

720

(4)

Royal Regiment of Artillery

1,110

1,390

1,340

1,220

1,120

1,130

1,210

1,190

1,040

1,200

(4)

Corps of Royal Engineers

1,320

1,320

1,180

1,090

1,180

1,170

1,300

1,430

1,440

1,250

(4)

Royal Corps of Signals

1,400

1,340

1,150

1,320

1,150

1,000

1,010

1,070

1,030

960

(4)

Infantry

4,670

5,990

5,980

5,200

5,080

4,920

4,900

4,810

4,500

4,560

(4)

Army Air Corps

170

210

200

170

210

180

200

270

230

230

(4)

Royal Army Chaplain’s Department

10

10

10

10

(5)

10

10

10

10

10

(4)

The Royal Logistics Corps

2,470

2,740

2,620

2,520

2,120

2,450

2,350

2,390

2,160

2,330

(4)

Royal Army Medical Corps

240

320

250

290

310

280

280

340

320

300

(4)

Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

1,120

1,120

1,110

1,140

1,040

1,210

1,160

1,300

1,280

1,140

(4)

Adjutant General’s Corps

700

920

850

750

750

750

800

760

750

710

(4)

Royal Army Veterinary Corps

20

20

20

20

30

20

20

20

30

20

(4)

Small Arms School Corps

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

(4)

Royal Army Dental Corps

40

50

40

30

30

40

20

50

40

40

(4)

Intelligence Corps

150

170

140

150

110

110

70

100

120

140

(4)

Army Physical Training Corps

20

30

20

20

20

20

20

30

20

40

(4)

Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps

110

100

100

80

60

90

80

110

90

80

(4)

Total intake(6)

14,470

17,050

16,200

15,230

14,380

14,560

14,600

15,070

14,190

(7)14,170

(7)15,320

(1) Figures show all outflow from the UK Regular Army including recalled reservists on release and outflow to the Home Service Personnel of the Royal Irish Regiment.
(2 )UK Regular Army excludes full-time Reserve Service personnel, Ghurkhas, the Home Service Personnel of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. It includes trained and untrained personnel.
(3 )2006-07 Arm Service split contains 11 months data due to the implementation of the JPA system.
(4 )Denotes unavailable.
(5 )Denotes zero or rounded to zero.
(6 )The total outflow figures contain all Arm Services, which includes the Household Cavalry Regiment, Corps of Army Music, the Long Service List and personnel with no Arm Service recorded on their Record of Service . Due to the implementation of the JPA system the Arm Service split is not yet available for financial year 2007-08. Excludes transfers into and out of Arm Service.
(7 )Denotes provisional.
Notes:
1. Due to the ongoing validation of data from the new Personnel Administration System, Army statistics from 1 April 2007 are provisional and subject to review.
2. The data have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 'five' have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.

Army: Manpower

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) numbers in post and (b) establishment are of (i) Territorial Army, (ii) Royal Armoured Corps, (iii) Royal Artillery, (iv) Royal Engineers, (v) Royal Signals, (vi) infantry, (vii) Army Air Corps, (viii) Royal Army Chaplains Department, (ix) Royal Logistics Corps, (x) Royal Army Medical Corps, (xi) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, (xii) Adjutant General's Corps, (xiii) Royal Army Veterinary Corps, (xiv) Small Arms School Corps, (xv) Royal Army Dentistry Corps, (xvi) Intelligence Corps, (xvii) Army Physical Training Corps and (xviii) Queen Alexandra’s Royal Auxiliary Nursing Corps personnel. [210653]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The following tables show the strengths for the Territorial Army, and the Regular Army strengths broken down by arms and services as at 1 April 2008. There are no establishment numbers produced for the Territorial Army. The Regular Army Liability (RAL) 2007-08 is still in use as RAL 2008-09 has yet to be issued.

Territorial Army strengths as at 1 April 2008
Number

Total Territorial Army

(1)35,630

Territorial Army (excluding Mobilised TA)

(1)34,170

Mobilised Territorial Army

(1)1,460

(1 )Provisional
Notes:
1. Due to the ongoing validation of the Joint Personnel Administration System all Army data from 1 April 2007 are provisional and subject to review.
2. DASA figures prior to 1 April 2007 included TA personnel classed as ‘awaiting acceptance’. There is no JPA equivalent for this category and therefore they are not included.
3. Data have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systematic bias.

Trained Regular Army officers and soldiers strengths by arms and services as at 1 April 2008
Arms and services Strengths (1 April 2008) RAL 2007- 08

Royal Armoured Corps(1)

(2)5,520

5,758

Royal Regiment of Artillery

(2)7,020

7,540

Corps of Royal Engineers

(2)9,110

9,698

Royal Corps of Signals

(2)7,930

8,194

Infantry

(2)22,700

(3)

Army Air Corps

(2)2,020

2,068

Royal Army Chaplain’s Department

(2)130

147

The Royal Logistic Corps

(2)15,170

16,178

Royal Army Medical Corps

(2)2,940

3,276

Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

(2)9,460

9,903

Adjutant General’s Corps(4)

(2)6,030

6,157

Royal Army Veterinary Corps

(2)260

214

Small Arms School Corps

(2)150

143

Royal Army Dentistry Corps

(2)380

500

Intelligence Corps

(2)l,480

1,500

Army Physical Training Corps

(2)460

434

Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps

(2)830

1,199

(1) The RAL 2007-08 and the 1 April 2008 strength for the Royal Armoured Corps both include the Household Cavalry.
(2) Provisional.
(3) 2007-08 revised soldier liability for the infantry is still awaited from DGS.
(4) The Adjutant General’s Corps consists of the Provost Branch, Staff and Personnel Support Branch, Education and Training Services and the Army Legal Service.
Notes:
1. Due to the ongoing validation of the new Joint Personnel Administration System all Army data from 1 April 2007 are provisional and subject to review.
2. Above data are for trained regular personnel only and therefore excludes Ghurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service and Home Service Personnel of the Royal Irish Regiment.
3. Data have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systematic bias.

Next Section Index Home Page