Defence written question – answered at on 9 March 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the recruitment figures for each of the Scottish infantry regiments were for each month in 2005; and how many of those who completed their training went to the regiment of their choice.
holding answer
The Army does not recruit soldiers into particular regiments but instead recruit to the three infantry career employment groups (Line, Para and the Guards). While some soldier recruits specify a particular Preferred Capbadge" on enlisting, infantry personnel are not recruited into or allocated a regiment until near completion of their training. Officers are allocated an arm/service/regiment during or on completion of their commission course at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS). Therefore the following table shows the gains to the trained strength of the six Scottish infantry regiments in each month during 2003.
Date of flow | Unspecified | RS | RHF | KOSB | BW | HLDRS | A & SH | Total |
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2003 | ||||||||
January | 55 | (15)— | (15)— | (16)— | (15)— | (15)— | (16)— | 65 |
February | (15)— | 5 | (15)— | (15)— | (15)— | 5 | 5 | 25 |
March | (15)— | (15)— | 5 | 5 | 10 | (16)— | 10 | 35 |
April | 50 | 5 | 5 | (15)— | 5 | (15)— | 5 | 75 |
May | 30 | (15)— | 10 | (15)— | (15)— | (15)— | 5 | 55 |
June | 5 | (15)— | (15)— | (15)— | (16)— | (15)— | (16)— | 15 |
July | 10 | (15)— | (15)— | (15)— | 10 | (16)— | (15)— | 25 |
August | (15)— | 10 | 10 | (15)— | (15)— | (15)— | 5 | 40 |
September | 5 | 10 | (15)— | (15)— | 10 | (16)— | (15)— | 35 |
October | 5 | (15)— | (15)— | (15)— | (15)— | (15)— | (15)— | 20 |
November | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 90 |
December | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | (15)— | 45 |
(15)Indicates a non zero value which is less than 5.
(16)Indicates a value of zero.
Notes:
1.Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.
2.Figures do not include Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS), Gurkhas or Mobilised Reservists. The information relates to the flows of UK Trained Regular Army Personnel in the Scottish regiments, regardless of whether they serve away from the main body of the regiment, this does not include other arms/services attached to the regiments.
3.Soldiers joining the infantry are not allocated to a particular regiment until completion of training at the Infantry Training Centre (Catterick). Officers are allocated a regiment on completion of their commissioning course at RMAS. Therefore the table includes those officers and soldiers who joined the Scottish regiments on completion of training. It will also include direct entries to the trained strength, such as trained re-entrants.
4.The aforementioned figures will include those individuals who have entered the trained strength with an intake code from illegal absence", flowing either from untrained to trained or directly to trained strength. These figures may therefore appear different to other published figures.
5.The table includes an 'Unspecified' Regiment, this is where soldiers have not yet been assigned to a specific Scots Div Infantry Regiment on their Record of Service.
6.RS—Royal Scots , RHF—Royal Highland Fusiliers, KOSB—Kings Own Scottish Borderers, BW—Black Watch, HLDRS—Highlanders and A & SH—Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
7.Figures exclude colonels and above.
It is not possible to determine how many personnel went to the regiments of their choice, as this information is not held centrally on the administration system used in the production of these statistics.
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