Speeches

Gregory Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gregory Campbell on 2016-01-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what change there has been in the number of personnel in the Maritime Reserves Units in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.

Mr Julian Brazier

The Maritime Reserves are represented in Northern Ireland by the Royal Naval Reserve unit HMS HIBERNIA in Lisburn, and the Royal Marines Reserve Belfast Detachment of RMR Scotland.

The table below sets out the number of all personnel in the Maritime Reserve units in Northern Ireland for the period required:

Unit

Number of personnel as of 1 December 2014

Number of personnel as of 1 December 2015

HMS HIBERNIA

80

110

Belfast Detachment

20

40

Note: Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 in accordance with the Departmental rounding policy.