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Royal Logistics Corps

Volume 457: debated on Monday 19 February 2007

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Mr. Harper

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total (a) required and (b) actual personnel has been for each regiment in the Royal Logistics Corps since 1997. (119278)

Derek Twigg

The following table shows the full-time trained strength of the Royal Logistics Corps, compared to the liability, since 1 April 1997. Data showing the breakdown of the Royal Logistics Corps by regiment is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Full-time trained strength of the Royal Logistic Corps compared to liability

Liability

Strength

1 April 1997

n/a

15,590

1 April 1998

n/a

15,360

1 April 1999

15,860

15,250

1 April 2000

16,320

15,340

1 April 2001

16,680

15,000

1 April 2002

16,680

14,810

1 April 2003

16,350

14,980

1 April 2004

16,290

15,450

1 April 2005

16,390

15,520

1 April 2006

15,720

15,670

1 December 2006

15,720

15,580

n/a = Not available Notes: 1. The full-time trained strength and requirement includes Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel, but excludes mobilised reservists. FTRS personnel were created under the Reserve Forces Act 1998 and hence there are no FTRS figures included within the 1 April 1997 and 1 April 1998 strengths. 2. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in five have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.