To ask the Secretary of State For Defence if he will list the artillery and armoured regiments which have recognised links with geographical areas of the United Kingdom, giving the area concerned; and if he will make a statement on the effect of his plans for the Army on each of these regiments.
Current regional links and recruiting areas for Royal Armoured Corps and Royal Artillery regiments are listed in the table below, together with any effects of restructuring on those regiments. We will ensure that the new Army structure covers those regional areas currently covered by units to be disbanded or amalgamated. Timings should be broadly as shown, although there may have to be some adjustment to later dates as detailed plans take shape.
Regiment/Unit
| Regional links/Recruiting areas
| Changes following restructuring
|
| 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers | Staffordshire, Wolverhampton | To amalgamate with the 17th/21st Lancers in 1993 |
| 17th/21st Lancers | South Humberside, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire | To amalgamate with the 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers in 1993 |
| 1st Royal Tank Regiment | Leeds, Halifax, Wakefield, Manchester, Merseyside | To amalgamate with 4th Royal Tank Regiment in 1993 |
| 2nd Royal Tank Regiment | Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, London | To amalgamate with 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in mid 1992 |
| 3rd Royal Tank Regiment | Avon, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset | To amalgamate with 2nd Royal Tank Regiment in mid 1992 |
| 4th Royal Tank Regiment | Scotland | To amalgamate with 1st Royal Tank Regiment in 1993 |
| 1st Field Regiment Royal Horse Artillery | South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire | No change |
| 3rd Field Regiment Royal Horse Artillery | Northumberland and northern half of Tyne and Wear | No change |
| 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery | Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire | No change |
| 2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery | Greater Manchester | To be disbanded 1994 |
| 4th Field Regiment Royal Artillery | North Yorkshire, Cleveland, Durham, southern half of Tyne and Wear | No change |
| 19th Field Regiment Royal Artillery | Fife, Grampian, Highlands, Western Isles, Tayside | No change |
| 26th Field Regiment Royal Artillery | Sussex, Surrey and South-West London | No change |
| 27th Field Regiment Royal Artillery | Berkshire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Dorset and South Wiltshire | To be disbanded early 1993 |
| 29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery | Somerset, Devon, Cornwall | No change |
| 40th Field Regiment Royal Artillery | Lothian, Borders, Dumfries and Galloway | No change |
| 45th Field Regiment Royal Artillery | West Yorkshire and southern North Yorkshire | To be disbanded 1993 |
| 47th Field Regiment Royal Artillery | Leicestershire, Derbyshire | To be redesignated as 47 AD Regiment in 1993 |
| 49th Field Regiment Royal Artillery | Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Hertfordshire | To be disbanded 1992 |
| 5th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery | Northern Wiltshire, Avon, Gloucestershire | No change |
| 32nd Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery | Cheshire and Merseyside | No change |
| 39th Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery | Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Warwickshire, Hereford and Worcester | No change |
| 12th Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery | Cumbria, Iancashire | No change |
| 16th Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery | Strathclyde and Central | No change |
| 22nd Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery | Wales | No change |
Regiment/Unit
| Regional links/Recruiting areas
| Changes following restructuring
|
| 50th Missile Regiment Royal Artillery | Lincolnshire, Humberside | To be disbanded early 1993 |
| 94th Locating Regiment Royal Artillery | Kent | To be disbanded 1993 |