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Mr. Trotter
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the names of the full-time bands of each of the three Services.
Mr. William Rodgers
The Royal Marines provides the following full-time hands for the Naval Service:
- Commando Forces Royal Marines.
- Flag Officer Plymouth.
- Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland.
- Flag Officer Naval Air Command.
- Commander-in-Chief Fleet.
- Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command.
- Commando Training Centre Royal Marines.
- Royal Marines School of Music and the Depot Royal Marines.
- Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth.
- HMS "Ark Royal".
- HMS "Ganges".
The list of RAF full-time bands is as follows:
The Central Band of the Royal Air Force, The Band of the Royal Air Force College, The Band of the Royal Air Force Regiment, The Southern Band of the Royal Air Force, The Western Band of the Royal Air Force, The Band of the Royal Air Force Germany.