Defence written question – answered at on 26 February 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence
(1) what the average tour interval for each regiment of the (a) Royal Logistics Corps, (b) Royal Artillery, (c) Royal Signals and (d) Royal Engineers is;
(2) what the average tour interval for each battalion of the infantry is.
Historical data to support the calculation of the average tour interval for each battalion or regiment of the Infantry or the Royal Artillery (RA) are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The following tables show the last operational tour interval for each infantry and RA unit as at
Unit deployed | Unit last deployed to | Last tour start date | Previous operational deployment | Previous tour end date | Last unit tour interval (months) |
Infantry( 1) | |||||
1 Grenadier Guards | Afghanistan | May 2007 | Iraq | September 2006 | 8 |
1 Coldstream Guards | Afghanistan | October 2007 | Iraq | October 2005 | 23 |
1 Scots Guards | Iraq | December 2007 | Iraq | April 2005 | 31 |
1 Irish Guards | Iraq | June 2007 | N. Ireland | March 2004 | 38 |
1 Welsh Guards | Balkans | October 2006 | Iraq | April 2005 | 17 |
1 Scots(2) | Iraq | December 2007 | Iraq | May 2006 | 17 |
2 Scots | Afghanistan | April 2008 | Iraq | December 2005 | 28 |
3 Scots | Iraq | July 2004 | Iraq | June 2003 | 12 |
4 Scots | Iraq | June 2008 | Iraq | May 2006 | 25 |
5 Scots | Afghanistan | April 2008 | Balkans | October 2005 | 29 |
1 PWRR | Iraq | December 2008 | Iraq | December 2006 | 24 |
2 PWRR | Iraq | January 2005 | N. Ireland | December 2003 | 12 |
1 RRF | Iraq | June 2008 | Iraq | May 2006 | 25 |
2 RRF | N. Ireland | April 2003 | N. Ireland | June 2002 | 9 |
1 R Anglian | Afghanistan | May 2007 | Iraq | October 2005 | 18 |
2 R Anglian | Iraq | June 2008 | Iraq | October 2006 | 20 |
1 Yorks | Iraq | December 2008 | Iraq | May 2007 | 18 |
2 Yorks | Afghanistan | October 2007 | Balkans | September 2006 | 13 |
3 Yorks | Iraq | November 2004 | Balkans | June 2001 | 40 |
1 R Welsh | Cyprus | May 2007 | N. Ireland | January 2006 | 15 |
2 R Welsh | Iraq | June 2007 | Iraq | October 2005 | 19 |
1 Mercian | Iraq | December 2007 | Iraq | October 2004 | 37 |
2 Mercian | Afghanistan | May 2007 | Afghanistan | April 2005 | 24 |
3 Mercian | Iraq | November 2006 | Iraq | October 2005 | 12 |
1 Rifles(3) | Afghanistan | October 2008 | Iraq | November 2006 | 23 |
2 Rifles | Iraq | November 2006 | N. Ireland | September 2004 | 25 |
3 Rifles | Iraq | September 2006 | N. Ireland | March 2005 | 17 |
4 Rifles | Iraq | June 2007 | Balkans | October 2001 | 67 |
5 Rifles | Iraq | December 2008 | Iraq | December 2006 | 24 |
1 Royal Irish | Afghanistan | April 2008 | Iraq | December 2005 | 28 |
2 Para | Afghanistan | April 2008 | Iraq | April 2006 | 24 |
3 Para | Afghanistan | April 2008 | Afghanistan | October 2006 | 18 |
1 RGR | Afghanistan | October 2007 | Balkans | March 2006 | 18 |
2 RGR | Afghanistan | October 2008 | Afghanistan | October 2005 | 37 |
(1) 1 KORBR, 1 Kings and QLR amalgamated in July 2006 to form 1 Lancs and 2 Lancs. Because of the nature of this amalgamation it is not representative to carry forward the unit deployments of 1 KORBR, 1 Kings and QLR to 1 Lancs and 2 Lancs. (2) 1 RS and 1 KOSB amalgamated in August 2006 to form 1 Scots, which deployed for the first time as a formed unit to Iraq in December 2007. (3) 1 RGBW and 1 DDLI amalgamated in March 2007 to form 1 Rifles, which deployed for the first time as a formed unit to Afghanistan in October 2008. |
Unit deployed | Unit last deployed to | Last tour start date | Previous operational deployment | Previous tour end date | Last unit tour interval (months) |
1 RHA | Iraq | June 2007 | Cyprus | September 2005 | 20 |
3 RHA | Iraq | November 2005 | Cyprus | April 2004 | 18 |
4 Regt RA | Afghanistan | October 2007 | Cyprus | September 2006 | 12 |
7 Para RHA | Afghanistan | April 2008 | Afghanistan | October 2006 | 18 |
19 Regt RA | Afghanistan | May 2007 | Iraq | October 2005 | 18 |
26 Regt RA | Iraq | December 2008 | Cyprus | May 2005 | 43 |
29 Cdo Regt RA | Afghanistan | October 2008 | Afghanistan | April 2007 | 18 |
40 Regt RA | Iraq | November 2006 | Cyprus | September 2004 | 25 |
Notes: 1. Subunits from 3 RHA have subsequently deployed in support of operations but are not of sufficient size or duration to be included as a tour interval measure 2. Subunits from 5, 12, 16, 26, 32, 39, 47 Regt RA have also deployed in support of operations but are not of sufficient size or duration to be included as a tour interval measure |
Unit tour interval data for the Royal Logistics Corps, Royal Corps of Signals and the Corps of Royal Engineers are not held in the format requested. The unit tour interval is a less relevant measure when applied to these corps due to the frequency with which personnel move between formed units.
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