Army: Reorganisation
(asked on 29th November 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his oral contribution of 25 November 2021, Official Report, column 484, what estimate he has made of the number of Army personnel that will be based in each nation.
Whilst there are exact figures known for the Devolved Nations, the exact figures for England are not held. For consistency, we have therefore rounded all personnel figures to the nearest 100.
| Current Structure | Future Soldier Structure | ||||||||
| No. of major units | No. of Personnel (Regular) | % of the Army (Regular) | No. of Personnel (Reserve) | % of the Army (Reserve) | No. of major units | No. of Personnel (Regular) | % of the Army (Regular) | No. of Personnel (Reserve) | % of the Army (Reserve) |
Scotland | 6 | 4,185 | 5.1% | 3,404 | 11% | 7 | 3,984 | 5.5% | 3,404 | 11% |
England | 114 | c71,400 | 86% | c23,400 | 77% | 109 | c61,500 | 84% | c23,400 | 77% |
Wales | 2 | 1,419 | 1.7% | 1,670 | 5% | 3 | 1,715 | 2.4% | 1,670 | 5% |
Northern Ireland | 3 | 1,604 | 1.9% | 2,047 | 7% | 3 | 1,434 | 2% | 2,047 | 7% |
Additionally, the British Army currently has c3,800 Regular personnel (c5.3% of overall Regular workforce) based overseas. This includes 3 x Major Units (2 x Bns in Cyprus and 1 x Bn in Brunei).