Not recorded in the table are Long Service List (LSL) soldiers and Gurkhas. LSL are those soldiers who have completed over 22 years' service and have extended their commitment to Army. LSL are treated as a cap badge in their own right for career management purposes. As at 1 September 2009, LSL funded liability was 570, and trained strength 500. Current Gurkha liability is 2,991. Gurkha Trained strength is currently 3,499.
"Fit for Task" has been interpreted as fit to deploy for any form of duty on deployment, including personnel listed as having limited deployability. Data are calculated from Personnel Unable to Deploy (PUD) which is derived from unit returns and includes Gurkha manpower.
As at 1 October, Infantry "Fit for Task" strength, excluding 1 Parachute Regiment was 20,340. Royal Armoured Corps "Fit for Task" strength (excluding 1 Royal Tank Regiment (RTR)-element belonging to Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment-and Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment) was 4,328.
"Fit for Task" figures for other corps are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
As funded liability and trained strength data are collected at different times on a different basis for different purposes to fit for task data, comparisons between the two data sets may be misleading.
Armed Forces: Tribunals
Mrs. Humble:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on which tribunals of inquiry his Department was represented in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; on what occasions his Department was legally represented; and what his estimate is of the cost to his Department of each such inquiry in each such year. [294994]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth:
The MOD incurred the costs shown for legal representation at three statutory public inquiries, which have replaced tribunals of inquiries, in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Most of the costs were for legal representation for former and current soldiers, rather than the MOD itself.
£
Inquiry
FY 2006-07
FY 2007-08
FY 2008-09
The Bloody Sunday Inquiry
305,206
269,962
174,300
The Rosemary Nelson Inquiry
n/a
35,106
99,466
The Billy Wright Inquiry
n/a
12,149
4,118
n/a = Not available.
The costs incurred for the Rosemary Nelson and Billy Wright Inquiries in 2006-07 were not recorded separately from other work carried out by the same solicitors and cannot be individually identified. Other costs to the MOD arising from these inquiries are not recorded separately.
In addition, the MOD incurred legal and other costs arising from the Nimrod Review in 2008-09.
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
Dr. Fox:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many broken axles were recorded for each armoured vehicle type deployed in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq in each year since 2006. [297931]
Mr. Quentin Davies:
I refer the hon. Member to the answer the Secretary of State for Defence gave on 22 June 2009, Official Report, column 624W.
Army: Manpower
Angus Robertson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) trained strength, (b) actual strength and (c) numbers fit for duty is of the (i) Royal Regiment of Scotland, (ii) Scots Guards, (iii) Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, (iv) 1st Royal Tank Regiment, (v) 19th Regiment Royal Artillery and (vi) 40th Regiment Royal Artillery. [296035]
Bill Rammell:
As at 1 October 2009, the figures were:
Unit
Trained requirement
Actual strength
Fit for duty
Royal Regiment of Scotland
3,230
2,825
2,806
Scots Guards
753
665
664
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
589
511
510
19th Regt RA
552
569
560
40th Regt RA
467
502
497
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Figures for 1 RTR, an element of which forms part of a tri-service organisation, are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
"Trained Requirement" has been interpreted as the maximum number of trained posts in a battalion's peace time configuration.
"Actual strength" has been interpreted as the number of personnel assigned to a battalion for its planned duties. It will also include augmentees who are temporarily assigned if needed to support the role of the battalion (for operational military tasks and events that cannot be achieved within required strengths). Similarly, the figures exclude those assigned out of the battalion to augment other units.
"Fit for duty" has been interpreted as fit for primary role, including personnel listed as having limited deployability, plus personnel who are unfit for deployment but who can perform a role in an alternative capacity. The difference between the Actual Strength and Number Fit for Duty represents those who are medically non-effective, i.e. are unfit for any form of duty.
Defence: Scotland
Mr. Davidson:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2009, Official Report, columns 31-3W, on defence: Scotland, what defence establishments in Scotland are presently operated by his Department in each parliamentary constituency. [298459]
Mr. Kevan Jones:
The following table lists Ministry of Defence sites in Scotland by parliamentary constituency. It should be noted that this list does not include the Volunteer Estate, Army Career and Information Offices, Armed Forces Careers Offices or Service Family Accommodation.
Name of site
Constituency
Kirk O Shotts Mould and Comms Site
Airdrie and Shotts
Royal Marines Condor
Angus
Royal Naval Armament Depot Coulport
Argyll and Bute
Defence Munitions Centre (DMC) Glen Douglas
Argyll and Bute
Ardgarten Training Area
Argyll and Bute
Blarbuie Rifle Range
Argyll and Bute
Clynder Comms Site
Argyll and Bute
Colonsay Comms Site
Argyll and Bute
Loch Fyne
Argyll and Bute
Loch Goil
Argyll and Bute
Oil Fuel depot Garelochhead
Argyll and Bute
Finnart Ocean Terminal
Argyll and Bute
Garelochead Training Area
Argyll and Bute
Islay Comms Site
Argyll and Bute
Rhu Port Logistics Unit
Argyll and Bute
Defence Estates (DE) Machrihanish
Argyll and Bute
Mullach Dubh Comms Site
Argyll and Bute
Iss Radio Meall Mor
Argyll and Bute
Camrhu Monitor Station
Argyll and Bute
Mull Communications Site
Argyll and Bute
Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde
Argyll and Bute
NATO POL Depot Campbeltown
Argyll and Bute
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NATO POL Depot Loch Striven
Argyll and Bute
Ru Stafnish Radio Station
Argyll and Bute
Tiree Comms Site
Argyll and Bute
DSCA Radio Brown Carrick
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
RAF Buchan
Banff and Buchan
Mormond Hill Comms Site
Banff and Buchan
ISS Radio Crimond
Banff and Buchan
Dunion Hill Mould Comms Site
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
Cape Wrath Bombing Range
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Invergordon Burial Rights
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Tain Training Area DTE
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Old Man of Wick Rifle Range
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Wyvis Training Area
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross/Ross, Skye and Lochaber
