Army: Marines: 5 Nov 2009: Written answers and statements (TheyWorkForYou.com)

Army: Marines

Defence

Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) regiments and (b) battalions there are in the (i) Army and (ii) Royal Marines.

Bill Rammell (Minister of State (Armed Forces), Ministry of Defence; Harlow, Labour)

For the British Army, the Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA) organisation produce these figures yearly in the UK Defence Statistics Publication—Chapter 4 Formations, Vessels, Aircraft and Vehicles of the Armed Forces, table 4.2, which is available on the DASA website at the following address:

http://www.dasa.mod.uk/modintranet/UKDS/UKDS2009/c4/table402.html

For your convenience, UKDS table 4.2 is shown as follows:

Chapter 4: Formations, Vessels, Aircraft and Vehicles of the Armed Forces
Table 4.2: Number of regiments, infantry battalions and major headquarters, in the Regular and Territorial Army, at 1 April each year
			1990	1997	2003	2004	2005	2006^{( 1)}	2007	2008	2009
Combat arms
Armour	Regular Army	Regiments	19	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
	Territorial Army	Regiments	5	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Infantry	Regular Army	Battalions	55	40	40	40	40	36	36	36	36
	Territorial Army	Battalions	41	33	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
	Home Service Forces	Battalions	11	7	4	4	4	—	—	—	—
Special Forces	Regular Army⁽²⁾	Regiments	1	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Territorial Army⁽²⁾	Regiments	2	2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Aviation	Regular Army⁽³⁾	Regiments	4	5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Territorial Army⁽³⁾	Regiments	n/a	1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Combat support
Artillery	Regular Army⁽⁴⁾	Regiments	22	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
	Territorial Army⁽⁵⁾	Regiments	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Engineers	Regular Army	Regiments	13	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
	Territorial Army	Regiments	8	9	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Signals	Regular Army	Regiments	13	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
	Territorial Army	Regiments	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	⁽⁶⁾5

Combat service support
Equipment support	Regular Army	Battalions	n/a	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
	Territorial Army	Battalions	n/a	5	4	4	4	4	4	⁽⁷⁾2	2
Logistics	Regular Army	Regiments	n/a	24	21	21	22	17	17	17	17
	Territorial Army	Regiments	n/a	19	17	17	17	15	17	17	17

Medical Regiments/Field Hospitals⁽⁸⁾	Regular Army	Number	16	12	8	8	8	11	8	8	8
	Territorial Army	Number	17	18	15	15	15	13	13	13	13

Corps, Division and Brigade HQ^{( 9)}
NATO Corps HQ			n/a	n/a	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Division/District HQ	Deployable		n/a	n/a	2	2	2	2	2	2	⁽¹⁰⁾2
	Non-deployable		n/a	n/a	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Brigade HQ	Deployable		n/a	n/a	9	9	9	8	8	7	7
	Non-deployable		n/a	n/a	13	13	13	10	9	9	9
⁽¹⁾ The numbers for 2006 reflect the Army's implementation of the Future Army Structure (FAS), announced on 16 December 2004. ⁽²⁾ From 1 April 2000 these units form part of Direct Special Forces. See Table 4.4. ⁽³⁾ From 1 April 2000 these units form part of the Joint Helicopter Command. See Table 4.4. ⁽⁴⁾ Excludes 14th Regiment Royal Artillery. ⁽⁵⁾ Includes the Honourable Artillery Company. ⁽⁶⁾ As a result of Planning Round 2009, six R Signals Regts (V) were removed from the force structure. ⁽⁷⁾ Restructuring of royal electrical and mechanical engineers was announced in 2008. ⁽⁸⁾ Field ambulance structures have been subsumed into the Medical Regiment concept as part of structural changes across the medical services. Field ambulances still exist in the Territorial Army. ⁽⁹⁾ Does not include temporary structures such as six Division HQ or 11 Light Brigade. ⁽¹⁰⁾ There are three divisional HQs this year. Only two are complete divisions; a third, six division HQ, was created for a specific operational task, and will then fold. Source: MOD Resources and Plans.

The Royal Marines have one regiment—Commando Logistics Regiment, and no battalions.

Further information on the Royal Marines structure is available on the Royal Navy website at the following address:

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/royalmarines/units-and-deployments/3-commando-brigade/

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