Army
(asked on 20th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members there were of each Regiment of the British Army on 1st November 2017.
The number of personnel within each Army Arm/Corps as at 1 October 2017, latest available figures, is shown below:
Arm/Service | Total | Regulars | Army Future Reserves 20 |
Staff | 860 | 710 | 140 |
Household Cavalry/ Royal Armoured Corps | 6,540 | 4,950 | 1,590 |
Royal Regiment of Artillery | 8,450 | 6,240 | 2,210 |
Royal Engineers | 11,350 | 8,370 | 2,980 |
Royal Corps of Signals | 8,730 | 6,820 | 1,910 |
Infantry | 29,050 | 21,470 | 7,580 |
Army Air Corps | 2,170 | 1,740 | 430 |
Royal Army Chaplains' Department | 200 | 130 | 60 |
Royal Logistic Corps | 16,790 | 11,750 | 5,040 |
Royal Army Medical Corps | 6,100 | 3,390 | 2,710 |
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 10,140 | 8,440 | 1,700 |
Adjutant General's Corps | 7,020 | 5,640 | 1,390 |
Royal Army Veterinary Corps | 480 | 360 | 120 |
Small Arms School Corps | 150 | 150 | 10 |
Royal Army Dental Corps | 300 | 240 | 60 |
Intelligence Corps | 3,120 | 1,790 | 1,330 |
Royal Army Physical Training Corps | 470 | 440 | 30 |
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps | 1,690 | 950 | 740 |
Corps of Army Music | 770 | 770 | - |
Senior Soldier Continuity Posts | 230 | 230 | - |
General Service Corps/ General List | 830 | 650 | 180 |
Others | - | - | - |
Officer Training Corps | 110 | - | 110 |
| Data Source Def Stat (Army) 01 October 2017 | ||
Notes:
Those figures marked ‘Regulars’ include Regulars, Gurkha’s, Full Time Reserve Service Full Commitment (FTRS (FC)) (excluding Lead First).
Those figures marked ‘Army Future Reserves 20’ include volunteer reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reserves and those volunteer reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitment. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included.
Figures are for both untrained and trained strength.
For the purpose of this answer, FTRS have not been double counted in both FR20 and Full Time Strength and are within the FR20 column.
All Officers of Paid Rank Colonel and above are included in Staff, regardless of previous Arm/Service.
For presentation purpose, figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
Totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.
“-” denotes zero or rounded to zero.