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Territorial Army

Volume 454: debated on Thursday 14 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the target establishment number is, under the new structure for the Territorial Army, for each (a) category and (b) sub-category referred to in the answer of 24 July 2006, Official Report, column 782W. (104303)

[holding answer 7 December 2006]: The new target establishments determined under the Future Army Structure are shown in the following table.

Arms and service directorate

Total liability

Total officer liability

Total soldier liability

Household Cavalry/Royal Armoured Corps

1,456

204

1,252

Royal Artillery

2,212

234

1,978

Royal Engineers

4,139

323

3,816

Royal Signals

4,470

401

4,069

Infantry

6,030

394

5,636

Small Arms School Corps

0

0

0

Army Air Corps

519

45

474

Royal Logistic Corps

7,472

583

6,889

Royal Army Medical Corps

3,215

1,128

2,087

Royal Army Dental Corps

145

53

92

Royal Army Veterinary Corps

14

14

0

Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army

1,401

669

732

Nursing Corps

Adjutant General Corps (Provost)

642

51

591

Adjutant General Corps (staff and personnel support)

898

61

837

Adjutant General Corps (education training services)

53

53

0

Adjutant General Corps (army legal services)

12

12

0

Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

3,163

146

3,017

Intelligence Corps

641

123

518

Army Physical Training Corps

9

0

9

Royal Army Chaplain’s Department

109

109

0

E2 Appointments (shown previously as staff/general list/general service corps)

1,365

883

482

All Arms/Corps sub total

37,965

5,486

32,479

Unallocated

261

n/k

n/k

Officer Training Corps

3,500

n/k

n/k

All Arm/Corps total

41,726

n/k

n/k

A breakdown of these new targets by gender cannot be provided as liability reflects the number of soldiers/officers required for a particular arm or service directorate. Individual arms’ and service directorates’ liabilities may vary in the future as the establishment endorsement process continues. The overall total will, however, remain unchanged.