To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) establishment and (b) strength is of the Royal Marine Reserve, broken down by (i) trained and (ii) untrained strength. (140240)

[holding answer 14 June 2007]: The Royal Marine Reserve (RMR) Establishment total is 990, including trained strength (594) and untrained strength (396).

RMR current strengths (May 2007) is 792 in total, with a trained strength of 491 and 301 untrained strength (this does not include 42 ranks on Full Time Reserve Service).