Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the organisation and deployment of UK-based armour is.

The organisation of British armour based in the UK is as follows:

1st Armoured Infantry Brigade

Household Cavalry Regiment - Windsor

The Royal Tank Regiment - Tidworth

1st Battalion the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - Tidworth

1st Battalion the Mercian Regiment - Bulford

12th Armoured Infantry Brigade

The Royal Lancers - Catterick

The King's Royal Hussars - Tidworth

1st Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment - Warminster

1st Battalion the Royal Welsh - Tidworth

20X is based in Germany

The following UK based armoured units support these Brigades:

The Royal Wessex Yeomanry - Bovington, Salisbury, Cirencester, Paignton, Exeter & Swindon

1st Artillery Brigade

1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery - Tidworth

19th Regiment Royal Artillery - Tidworth

8 Engineer Brigade

22 Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers - Perham Down

26 Engineer Regiment Royal Engineers - Perham Down

101 Logistic Brigade

4 Armoured Medical Regiment - Aldershot

5 Armoured Medical Regiment - Tidworth & Catterick

4 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Tidworth

6 Armoured Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - Tidworth