Kevan Jones – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2016-09-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained regular army soldiers there were in each of the Army’s regiments and corps in each year since 2010.
Mike Penning
The number of trained Regular Soldiers as at the 1 April, each year from 2010 to present, broken down by corps, is shown in the table below. These figures do not include Gurkhas or Full Time Reserve Service who are part of the Full Time Trained Strength but are not counted as Regular Soldiers.
|
April 2010 |
April 2011 |
April 2012 |
April 2013 |
April 2014 |
April 2015 |
April 2016 |
|
|
Total |
98,040 |
97,280 |
94,800 |
90,530 |
84,250 |
79,540 |
77,100 |
|
General Staff |
840 |
810 |
760 |
740 |
730 |
720 |
690 |
|
Household Cavalry & Royal Armoured Corps |
5,990 |
5,840 |
5,520 |
5,230 |
4,770 |
4,600 |
4,520 |
|
Royal Artillery |
7,720 |
7,550 |
7,350 |
7,050 |
6,560 |
6,220 |
6,080 |
|
Royal Engineers |
9,520 |
9,630 |
9,450 |
8,970 |
8,120 |
7,810 |
7,460 |
|
Royal Signals |
7,570 |
7,670 |
7,540 |
7,180 |
6,680 |
6,320 |
5,910 |
|
Infantry |
24,940 |
24,210 |
24,080 |
23,280 |
21,710 |
20,130 |
19,630 |
|
Army Air Corps |
2,140 |
2,120 |
2,020 |
1,900 |
1,760 |
1,690 |
1,640 |
|
Royal Army Chaplin’s Department |
140 |
130 |
140 |
140 |
140 |
140 |
130 |
|
Royal Logistic Corps |
15,300 |
15,020 |
14,080 |
12,980 |
12,100 |
11,130 |
10,660 |
|
Royal Army Medical Corps |
3,060 |
3,010 |
2,990 |
3,100 |
3,110 |
3,030 |
2,940 |
|
Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers |
9,830 |
10,030 |
9,700 |
9,010 |
8,060 |
7,770 |
7,570 |
|
Adjutant Generals Corps |
6,000 |
6,050 |
6,030 |
5,760 |
5,470 |
5,210 |
5,200 |
|
Royal Army Vetinary Corps |
350 |
340 |
370 |
400 |
410 |
380 |
360 |
|
Small Arms School Corps |
160 |
160 |
160 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
150 |
|
Royal Army Dental Corps |
370 |
370 |
350 |
360 |
310 |
250 |
220 |
|
Intelligence Corps |
1,500 |
1,580 |
1,650 |
1,750 |
1,750 |
1,720 |
1,700 |
|
Royal Army Physical Training Corps |
490 |
480 |
470 |
440 |
420 |
410 |
430 |
|
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps |
900 |
900 |
890 |
910 |
890 |
870 |
860 |
|
Corps of Army Music |
800 |
770 |
740 |
720 |
740 |
710 |
690 |
|
Other (including SSCP) |
410 |
620 |
540 |
460 |
370 |
280 |
260 |
The figures are for Trained Regulars only and so exclude Ghurkhas, Reserve services and Untrained Regulars.
"Other" includes those with unknown Cap badges and those in Senior Soldier Continuity Posts (SSCP).
Figures have been rounded to "10". Figures ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
