Found: HM DGZ0003 spearheaded by the new Ranger Regiment and Army Special Operations Brigade and supported

Found: Ranger Regiment training regularly includes sub-threshold scenarios and the inclusion of non-military

Found: in information operations, or the new Army Special Operations Brigade, built around the Ranger Regiment

Found: The British Army formed the Ranger Regiment in December 2021 with the purpose of being ‘ optimised

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answers of 24 January 2024 to Questions 10872 and 10873 on Ranger Regiment, the Answers of 24 January 2024 to Questions 10657 and 10658 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 10656 on Armed Forces: Discharges, the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 10655 on Armed Forces and the Answer of 30 January 2024 to Question 10874 on Defence Equipment: Theft, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Croydon Central with the information requested.

Answered by Andrew Murrison

I will respond to the hon. Member shortly.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel there are in the Ranger Regiment of the British Army.

Answered by James Heappey

As of 1 January 2024, there were 1,040 Regular Army Personnel serving in the Ranger Regiment.

Please note the following notes/caveats from Analysis (Army):

1. This figure represents Trade Trained Regular and Gurkha Army only and therefore excludes Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves and all other Reserves.

2. The figure includes all personnel who are serving in a battalion within the Ranger Regiment.

3. As the Ranger Regiment is still an evolving organisation, the above information includes all personnel serving in a Ranger Battalion, some of which may not be Rangers. Figures therefore include attached Arms and are not comparable to figures for other Infantry Regiments.

4. The figure includes Gurkhas serving in Ranger Units.

5. The figure has been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many deployments have the Ranger Regiment participated in since 2021.

Answered by James Heappey

Since 2021, the British Army’s Ranger Regiment has conducted 691 deployments.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) recruitment target and (b) actual number of joiners was to the Ranger Regiment for each year since its creation.

Answered by Andrew Murrison

It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the headcount was of the Ranger Regiment on every 1 January since its creation.

Answered by Andrew Murrison

It is taking time to collate the required information to answer the hon. Member's questions. I will write to her when the information is available, and a copy of this letter will be placed in the Library of The House.

Found: A soldier from the Ranger Regiment poses with the new Alternative Individual Weapons (AIW) system.Financial

Found: Royal Army Medical Corps Captain Pierre Andrew OZANNE, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment/The Ranger Regiment

Found: Convergence, drawn from: 1 Deep Recce Brigade Combat Team 2nd Battalion the Royal Yorkshire Regiment Ranger Regiment

Found: questions concerning the Intelligence Corps, Parachute Regiment, Royal Marine Commando Forces and Ranger Regiment

Found: questions concerning the Intelligence Corps, Parachute Regiment, Royal Marine Commando Forces and Ranger Regiment