Armed Forces: Trained Strength Lord Newby asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the current trained strength of (a) regular; and (b) reserve personnel in (i) the Army; (ii) the Royal Navy; and (iii) the Royal Air Force; and how many in each category are planned to be abroad on 15 December 2006.[HL8140] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Drayson) Figures for the trained strength can be found in Tri Service Publication 1 (TSP 1 ). TSP 1 is a monthly publication and copies are held in the Library of the House and can also be found at www.dasa.mod.uk. The most recent publication shows data as at 1 September 2006. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Regular Reserve |34,610|33,100|360 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Volunteer Reserve |2,120 |36,100|1,400| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Source:DASA | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Source of Naval Service data is Fleet—CMR | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2 Figures for Naval Service are trained personnel only | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |3 Army Volunteer Reserve figures include Group A & B, Mobilised TA and Officer Training Corps, but excludes non-regular permanent staff and full-time reserve service (FTRS).| | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |4 RAF Reserve (RAFR) figure is for active RAFR only, and does not include those who have left the service and have reserve liability. | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |5 RAF figures include personnel serving on FTRS. | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |P denotes provisional | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Due to the deployment and movement of personnel changing continuously, it is not possibleto say how many personnel will be abroad on15 December.