Territorial Army

Mr. Hoyle
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Territorial Army members there are in (a) Lancashire, (b) the North West and (c) the UK.

Bill Rammell
The number of Territorial Army (TA) personnel in Lancashire, the North West and the UK as a whole are shown in the following table.

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|          |Number of TA personnel|
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|Lancashire|410                   |
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|North West|1,710                 |
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|UK        |29,400                |
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These figures include those TA personnel mobilised in support of operations.