Defence written question – answered at on 23 February 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) full strength and (b) actual number of deployable troops is of each infantry battalion; and if he will make a statement.
The figures requested are shown in the following table:
Division | Unit | Actual strength | Number of deployable troops |
Guards | 1 Grenadier Guards | 549 | 494 |
1 Coldstream Guards | 511 | 490 | |
1 Scots Guards | 548 | 515 | |
1 Irish Guards | 602 | 528 | |
1 Welsh Guards | 584 | 492 | |
Scots | 1 Scots | 554 | 486 |
2 Scots | 476 | 391 | |
3 Scots | 575 | 512 | |
4 Scots | 588 | 507 | |
5 Scots | 561 | 494 | |
Queen's | 1 Princess of Wales Royal Regiment | 683 | 600 |
2 Princess of Wales Royal Regiment | 524 | 491 | |
1 Royal Regt Fusiliers | 677 | 629 | |
2 Royal Regt Fusiliers | 505 | 412 | |
1 Royal Anglian | 733 | 683 | |
2 Royal Anglian | 627 | 568 | |
King's | 1 Lancs | 670 | 609 |
2 Lancs | 607 | 527 | |
1 Yorks | 519 | 457 | |
2 Yorks | 489 | 430 | |
3 Yorks | 626 | 540 | |
PoW | 1 Mercian | 523 | 468 |
2 Mercian | 564 | 476 | |
3 Mercian | 594 | 528 | |
1 Royal Welsh | 543 | 494 | |
2 Royal Welsh | 625 | 521 | |
Rifles | 1 Rifles | 542 | 477 |
2 Rifles | 619 | 518 | |
3 Rifles | 634 | 602 | |
4 Rifles | 647 | 558 | |
5 Rifles | 712 | 613 | |
RI | 1 Royal Irish | 571 | 477 |
Para | 2 Para | 677 | 588 |
3 Para | 662 | 605 | |
RGR | 1 Royal Gurkha Rifles | 739 | 713 |
2 Royal Gurkha Rifles | 925 | 895 |
In addition to the battalions shown in the table there are three incremental Guards companies which are primarily for public duties but which can also be used to augment the other Guards battalions as required.
Unit | Actual strength | Number of deployable troops |
Nijmegen Coy Grenadier Guards | 109 | 99 |
7 Coy Coldstream Guards | 90 | 88 |
F Coy Scots Guards | 108 | 98 |
The figures in both tables include personnel filling all roles within each battalion, not just infantrymen. Some of these roles are by their nature non-deployable, for instance forming part of the rear party of a deployed unit.
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No0 people think not
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