Land Command Order Of Battle

Lord Morris of Castle Morris
asked Her Majesty's Government:Following the Strategic Defence Review, what is the revised Order of Battle for HQ Land Command; and whether a diagram illustrating the revised Order of Battle could be provided. [HL946]

Lord Gilbert
Following the Strategic Defence Review, the Order of Battle for Land Command will be  two deployable divisions and four regional divisions. The deployable divisions will be:1st (United Kingdom) Armoured division based in Germany, consisting of three armoured brigades, 4, 7 and 20;3rd (United Kingdom) Mechanised Division based in the UK, consisting of three Mechanised Brigades, 1, 12 and 19.The regional divisions will be:2 Division consisting of 15 (Northeast), 42 (Northwest), 51 (Highland) and 52 (Lowland) Brigades;4 Division consisting of London District and 2 (Southeast), 49 (East) and 145 (Home Counties) Brigades;5 Division consisting of 43 (Wessex), 143 (West Midlands), 107 (Ulster) and 160 (Wales) Brigades;United Kingdom Support Command (Germany).There will also be 2 (National Communications) Signal Brigade and nine deployable Brigade-sized formations:

16 Air Assault Brigade;Combat Service Support Group (United Kingdom);1 Artillery Brigade;7 Air Defence Brigade;12 (Air Support) Engineer Brigade;29 (Corps Support) Engineer Brigade;1 Signal Brigade;11 Signal Brigade.

In addition, there will be six overseas detachments:
 British Army Training Unit Suffield and British Army Training Support Unit Wainwright in Canada;British Army Training Support Unit, Belize;British Army Training and Liaison Staff Kenya in Nairobi;British Gurkhas, Nepal;Brunei Garrison.

I am sending a copy of a diagram illustrating the Order of Battle to my noble friend. Further copies will be available in the Library of the House.