Alex Cunningham – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Cunningham on 2014-06-04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 809W, on Army: length of service, on how many soldiers in each regiment or corps the figures are based.
Anna Soubry
The average strength by Regiment or Corps is shown in the following table.
Regiment/Corps Regiment/Corps Average Strength
Household Cavalry & Royal Armoured Corps 1,860
Royal Artillery 2,210
Royal Engineers 2,830
Royal Signals 1,830
Infantry 8,700
Army Air Corps 370
Royal Logistic Corps 4,560
Royal Army Medical Corps 560
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 2,670
Adjutant General’s Corps (Provost) 400
Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) 870
Royal Army Veterinary Corps 80
Small Arms School Corps 20
Royal Army Dental Corps 60
Intelligence Corps 240
Royal Army Physical Training Corps 110
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps 140
Corps of Army Music 180
Senior Soldier Continuity Posts (Long Service) 140
Source: Defence Statistics (Army)
Notes/Caveats:
The figures are based on the outflow of Army personnel between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2013.
Underlying outflow figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
