[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.