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Regiments
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information is currently held centrally regarding (a) the running costs and (b) the operational effectiveness of individual Army regiments.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : None ; there is no requirement for information at this level of detail to be held centrally.
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the regiments in the Army and where they are currently serving.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The following table lists all Regular Army combat arm major units and their current base locations.
Title |Location
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Infantry-Regular battalions
1 Grenadier Guards |Munster
2 Grenadier Guards |Caterham
1 Coldstream Guards |Wellington Barracks
2 Coldstream Guards |Chelsea
1 Scots Guards |Hohne
2 Scots Guards |Hounslow
1 Irish Guards |Berlin
1 Welsh Guards |Pirbright
1 The Royal Scots |Werl
1 The Royal Highland Fusiliers |Oakington
1 The King's Own Scottish Borderers |Edinburgh
1 The Black Watch |Ballykinler
1 Queen's Own Highlanders |Munster
1 The Gordon Highlanders |Fort George
1 The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders |Minden
1 The Queen's Regiment |Minden
2 The Queen's Regiment |Canterbury
3 The Queen's Regiment |Cyprus
1 The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |Tidworth
2 The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |Bulford
3 The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers |Hemer
1 The Royal Anglian Regiment |Colchester
2 The Royal Anglian Regiment |Celle
3 The Royal Anglian Regiment |Londonderry
1 The King's Own Royal Border
Regiment |Colchester
1 The King's Regiment |Ballykelly
1 The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment
of Yorkshire |Osnabruck
1 The Green Howards |Catterick
1 The Royal Irish Rangers |Warminster
2 The Royal Irish Rangers |Lemgo
1 The Queen's Lancashire Regiment |Weeton
1 The Duke of Wellington's Regiment |Tern Hill
1 The Worcestershire and SherwoodForesters Regiment |Cyprus
1 The Royal Hampshire Regiment |Colchester
1 Staffordshire Regiment |Fallingbostel
1 The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal
Regiment |Catterick
1 The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment |Bulford
1 The Cheshire Regiment |Chester
1 The Royal Welsh Fusiliers |Berlin
1 The Royal Regiment of Wales |Hong Kong
1 The Gloucestershire Regiment |Catterick
1 The Light Infantry |Berlin
2 The Light Infantry |Tidworth
3 The Light Infantry |Paderborn
1 The Royal Green Jackets |Osnabruck
2 The Royal Green Jackets |Omagh
3 The Royal Green Jackets |Dover
1 The Parachute Regiment |Hollywood
2 The Parachute Regiment |Aldershot
3 The Parachute Regiment |Aldershot
1 2nd King Edward VIIs Own Gurkha
Rifles |Hong Kong
2 2nd King Edward VIIs Own Gurkha
Rifles |Brunei
6th Queen Elizabeth's Own Gurkha
Rifles |Hong Kong
7th Duke of Edinburgh's Own Gurkha
Rifles |Church Crookham
10th Princess Mary's Own Gurkha Rifles |Hong Kong
Royal Armoured Corps Regular Regiments
The Life Guards |Sennelager
The Blues and Royals |Windsor
Ist The Queen's Dragoon Guards |Tidworth
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards |Fallinbostel
4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards |Detmold
5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards |Paderborn
The Queen's Own Hussars |Hohne
The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars |Fallingbostel
9th/12th Royal Lancers |Wimbish
The Royal Hussars |Munster
13th/18th Royal Hussars |Wolfenbottel
14th/20th King's Hussars |Munster
15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars |Detmold
16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers |Herford
17th/21st Lancers |Tidworth
1 Royal Tank Regiment |Hildesheim
2 Royal Tank Regiment |Bovington/Catterick
3 Royal Tank Regiment |Hemer
4 Royal Tank Regiment |Osnabruck
Royal Artillery Regiments
1 Royal Horse Artillery |Hohne
3 Royal Horse Artillery |Colchester
7 Royal Horse Artillery |Aldershot
2 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |Munster
4 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |Osnabruck
5 Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery |Dortmund
12 Air Defence Regiment Royal
Artillery |Dortmund
14 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |Larkhill
16 Air Defence Regiment Royal
Artillery |Kirton Lindsey
19 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |Topcliffe
22 Air Defence Regiment Royal
Artillery |Dortmund
26 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |Gutersloh
27 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |Dortmund
29 Commando Regiment Royal
Artillery |Plymouth/Arbroath
32 Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery |Dortmund
39 Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery |Sennelager
40 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |Hohne
45 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |Paderborn
47 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |Thorney Island
49 Field Regiment Royal Artillery |Lippstadt
50 Missile Regiment Royal Artillery |Menden
Royal Engineer Regiments
21 Engineer Regiment |Nienburg
22 Engineer Regiment |Tidworth
23 Engineer Regiment |Osnabruck
25 Engineer Regiment |Osnabruck
26 Engineer Regiment |Iserlohn
28 Amphibious Engineer Regiment |Hameln
32 Armoured Engineer Regiment |Munsterlager
33 (EOD) Regiment |Chattenden
35 Engineer Regiment |Hameln
36 Engineer Regiment |Maidstone
38 Engineer Regiment |Ripon
39 Engineer Regiment |Waterbeach
The Queen's Gurkha Engineers |Hong Kong
Army Air Corps
1 Regiment Army Air Corps |Hildesheim
3 Regiment Army Air Corps |Soest
4 Regiment Army Air Corps |Detmold
7 Regiment Army Air Corps |Netheravon
9 Regiment Army Air Corps |Topcliffe
Special Air Service Regiment
22nd Regiment Special Air Service
Nuclear Weapons
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is his policy on the release of de-classified information on the safeguarding of nuclear weapons against (a) theft and (b) unauthorised use to his counterparts in other countries.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : Any such case would be considered on its merits giving due regard to United Kingdom national interests and international obligations.
MOD Land
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has established targets for the sale of surplus MOD property and land either (a) to housing associations or (b) on the open market.
RAF Bentwaters and Woodbridge
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with (a) the relevant local authorities and (b) his United States counterpart regarding the future employment and housing needs of civil service personnel employed at RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge.
Mr. Alan Clark : My Department has discussed various issues arising from the United States withdrawal from RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge with Suffolk county council and Suffolk coastal district council.
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Army Resettlement
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the current number of staff in the Army resettlement employment liaison cell, the titles and grades of staff attached to the cell and its current average annual running cost.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The Army resettlement employment liaison cell comprises one lieutenant colonel, who is the senior employment liaison officer, assisted by one major, one executive officer and two administrative assistants. Annual running costs are of the order of £200,000.
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what amount of funding has been provided to the Officers Association and the Regular Forces Employment Association in each year since 1970.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The funding provided to the Officers' Association and the Regular Forces Employment Association in each year since 1970 was as follows :
Year |Officers' |Regular
|Association|Forces
|Employment
|Association
|£ |£
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1970-71 |27,500 |15,100
1971-72 |27,500 |18,700
1972-73 |27,800 |38,800
1973-74 |40,866 |43,500
1974-75 |44,538 |52,780
1975-76 |47,400 |76,000
1976-77 |63,960 |91,000
1977-78 |72,098 |98,700
1978-79 |86,214 |146,500
1979-80 |65,694 |193,800
1980-81 |72,379 |241,000
1981-82 |88,694 |263,600
1982-83 |96,331 |323,600
1983-84 |97,261 |359,400
1984-85 |103,748 |399,400
1985-86 |111,841 |415,800
1986-87 |128,000 |431,140
1987-88 |132,800 |453,400
1988-89 |117,000 |496,100
1989-90 |141,120 |523,600
1990-91 |155,400 |557,600
<1>1991-92 |200,700 |605,300
<1> Forecast.
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make it his policy to increase (a) the size of the Army resettlement employment liaison cell and (b) the level of funding provided to the Officers Association and the Regular Forces Employment Association.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The size of the Army resettlement employment liaison cell, which is part of the tri-service resettlement organisation employment unit, and the level of MOD grant to the Officers Association and the Regular Forces Employment Association are kept under review in the light of the demand on their services. The MOD will be discussing with both associations the level of funding necessary in the light of "Options for Change".
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RAF Hullavington
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what discussions he has had with North Wiltshire district council regarding the future employment and housing needs of MOD personnel employed or stationed at RAF Hullavington and the barracks at Colerne ;
(2) what discussions he has had with (a) housing associations and (b) private firms regarding the future of the barracks at Colerne and RAF Hullavington.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : None. Discussions will be held with North Wiltshire district council regarding the future of the sites.
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with North Wiltshire district council regarding planning permission.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : Discussions are held with local authorities as required on planning matters relating to MOD sites.
Public Opinion Surveys
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the public opinion surveys carried out by his Department since his answer of 17 December, Official Report, columns 5-7.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : The opinion poll surveys conducted by, for or on behalf of the Ministry of Defence since December 1990 are as follows :
|Date
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Subject
Public Attitudes to Defence |Annual
RAF Statement of Equality Research |1991
Research at Welbeck College on recruitment to the
Army |1991
RAF-Strategic Research |1991
Target
Market Exploratory Research (Navy) |1991
Advertising Campaigns
Mr. Dobson : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the advertising, promotional or public relations companies employed by, or on behalf of, his Department who are involved in the campaigns given in his answer of 1 July, Official Report, column 82.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The information requested is as follows : Royal Navy
Production of a television recruiting advertisement and television advertising campaign.--Young and Rubican Ltd. Advertising Agency to be responsible for television advertising campaign. Contract not yet placed for television recruiting advertising.
Army
Production of a television/cinema recruiting advertising and television/cinema advertising campaign. Press campaign in support of the above.--Advertisement produced by Sid Roberson Films. Delaney, Fletcher, Slaymaker, Delaney & Bozell Advertising Agency responsible for advertising campaign.
Territorial Army
1. A combined TV/Press recruitment campaign highlighting the range of weekend activities in the Territorial Army.
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--Advertisement produced by Ridley Scott Associates. Delaney, Fletcher, Slaymaker, Delaney & Bozell Advertising Agency to be responsible for advertising campaign.2. A press campaign to recruit specialist personnel.--Delaney, Fletcher, Slaymaker, Delaney & Bozell Advertising Agency. Purcell Miller Tritton responsible for production of posters in support of 1 and 2 above.
Tri-Service
1. Press campaign to thank employers for releasing Volunteer Reserve Forces personnel for service during the Gulf crisis.--Young and Rubican Ltd. Advertising Agency.
2. Campaign to increase public awareness of Volunteer Reserve Forces and employers' support for them.--Young and Rubican Ltd. Advertising Agency.
Gurkhas and RAF Regiment
Mr. John Browne : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many infantry battalions or manpower equivalent are contained within the establishment of the Brigade of Gurkhas and the RAF Regiment ; (2) how many British infantry battalions equate, in terms of manpower, to the Brigade of Gurkhas and the RAF Regiment.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : There are five infantry battalions in the brigade of Gurkhas together with supporting units. United Kingdom infantry battalions vary in size according to role and differences in peace and war establishments. The RAF Regiment is not structured on the basis of battalions. It is not meaningful, therefore, to draw comparisons in this way.
Army
Mr. John Browne : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the men of the Brigade of Gurkhas and RAF Regiment meet his infantry criteria of universality of posting both in terms of geographic location and type of duty, including armoured formations ;
(2) what assessment he has made of the quality of soldiering now being provided in the Household Division, Light Division and the Parachute Regiment ;
(3) what assessment he has made of the extent to which the British Army is able to meet its present role and tasks ;
(4) how many battalion year tasks will be relinquished as a result of his recent assessment of the new military threat now facing the United Kingdom ; and if he will list them ;
(5) what assessment he has made of whether the training of the officers and men of the Household Division, Light Division and the Parachute Regiment currently fit them to meet his criteria of universality in terms of geographic location and role, including armoured formations.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State hopes to make a statement on the restructuring of the Army before the House rises for the summer recess. It would not be appropriate to comment on these matters until then.
Dr. Reid : To ask the Secetary of State for Defence when he expects to make an announcement on regimental restructuring in the Army.
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Mr. Archie Hamilton : As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence said in the House on 2 July, he hopes to make a statement on Army restructuring before the summer recess.Infantry
Mr. John Browne : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the contribution of the infantry to the modern hi -tech battlefield.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : It has a vital contribution to make.
Support Services
Mr. John Browne : To ask the Secetary of State for Defence if he will list the current peace-time establishments, by rank of the medical, catering and ordnance support arms of each of the three services and their annual cost in terms of salary.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The information requested is not available in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Mr. John Browne : To ask the Secetary of State for Defence what is, in his reorganisation of the armed forces, his policy on retention by each of the three armed-forces of its own individual medical (including dental), communications, mechanical, catering and ordnance supporting arms.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : In looking for savings in support commensurate with those in the front line, we are examining the scope for rationalisation in all areas. The services will retain individual supporting arms where it is operationally necessary and cost-effective to do so.
Type 2075 Sonar Programme
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what considerations influenced his decision to terminate the contract for the development of the type 2075 integrated sonar suite.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : I refer the hon. and learned Member to my answer of 17 June to the hon. Member for Houghton and Washington (Mr. Boyes) at column 67.
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Type 2076 Sonar Programme
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the type 2076 sonar programme.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : Sonar 2076 is the programme to update the sonar suites of the Swiftsure and Trafalgar class submarines. This programme will ensure that these submarines remain effective and capable throughout their lifespan. We have recently awarded contracts for the project definition phase of the programme to Marconi Underwater Systems Limited and Ferranti-Thomson Sonar Systems Ltd.
Communications Project Definition Studies
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the integrated external and internal communications project definition studies.
Mr. Alan Clark : I will write to the hon. and learned Gentleman shortly.
Light Armoured Vehicles
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future requirements of the Army for light armoured vehicles.
Mr. Alan Clark : We are continuing to review our requirement for light armoured vehicles as part of the "Options for Change" process.
RAF Squadrons
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the operational squadrons in the Royal Air Force and where they are currently stationed.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : The front-line squadrons of the RAF as of 1 April 1991 are listed at Annex D to the "Statement on the Defence Estimates 1991" published on 9 July. Their peacetime locations as of the same date are as follows :
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|Location
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Strike/Attack
Tornado GR1 9 Sqn
|14 |Sqn |RAF Bruggen
|15 |Sqn |RAF Laarbruch
|16 |Sqn |RAF Laarbruch
|17 |Sqn |RAF Bruggen
|20 |Sqn |RAF Laarbruch
|27 |Sqn |RAF Marham
|31 |Sqn |RAF Bruggen
|617 |Sqn |RAF Marham
Buccaneer |12 |Sqn |RAF Lossiemouth
|208 |Sqn |RAF Lossiemouth
Offensive Support
Harrier |1 |Sqn |RAF Wittering
|3 |Sqn |RAF Gutersloh
|4 |Sqn |RAF Gutersloh
Jaguar |6 |Sqn |RAF Coltishall
|54 |Sqn |RAFColtishall
Maritime Patrol
Nimrod MR ||242 |Sqn |RAF St. Mawgan
|120 |Sqn |RAF Kinloss
|201 |Sqn |RAF Kinloss
|206 |Sqn |RAF Kinloss
Reconnaissance
Jaguar |41 |Sqn |RAF Coltishall
Tornado GR1a |2 |Sqn |RAF Laarbruch
|13 |Sqn |RAF Honington
Nimrod R |51 |Sqn |RAF Wyton
Canberra PR9 |1 |PRU |RAF Wyton
Air Defence
Tornado F3 |5 |Sqn |RAF Coningsby
|11 |Sqn |RAF Leeming
|23 |Sqn |RAF Leeming
|25 |Sqn |RAF Leeming
|29 |Sqn |RAF Coningsby
|43 |Sqn |RAF Leuchars
|111 |Sqn |RAF Leuchars
Phantom FGR2 |19 |Sqn |RAF Wildenrath
|56 |Sqn |RAF Wattisham
|74 |Sqn |RAF Wattisham
|92 |Sqn |RAF Wildenrath<1>
Bloodhound |85 |Sqn |RAF West Raynham<2>
Rapier |16 |Sqn RAF Regt |RAF Wildenrath
|26 |Sqn RAF Regt |RAF Laarbruch
|27 |Sqn RAF Regt |RAF Leuchars
|37 |Sqn RAF Regt |RAF Bruggen
|48 |Sqn RAF Regt |RAF Lossiemouth
|63 |Sqn RAF Regt |RAF Gutersloh
Skyguard |2729 |Sqn R Aux AF Regt |RAF Waddington
|2890 |Sqn R Aux AF Regt |RAF Waddington
Airborne Early Warning
Shackleton AEW |8 |Sqn |RAF Lossiemouth<3>
Airborne Radio Relay
Andover |115 |Sqn |RAF Benson
Air Transport
VC10 |10 |Sqn |RAF Brize Norton
Hercules |24 |Sqn |RAF Lyneham
|30 |Sqn |RAF Lyneham
|47 |Sqn |RAF Lyneham
|70 |Sqn |RAF Lyneham
Tristar |216 |Sqn |RAF Brize Norton
HS125/Andover/Gazelle |32 |Sqn |RAF Northolt
Andover |60 |Sqn |RAF Wildenrath
Chinook |7 |Sqn |RAF Odiham
|18 |Sqn |RAF Gutersloh
Wessex |72 |Sqn |RAF Aldergrove
Puma |33 |Sqn |RAF Odiham
|230 |Sqn |RAF Gutersloh
Tankers
Victor K2 |55 |Sqn |RAF Marham
VC10 K2/K3 |101 |Sqn |RAF Brize Norton
Search and Rescue
Sea King |202 |Sqn |RAF Lossiemouth
|RAF Boulmer
|RAF Leconfield
|RAF Manston
|RAF Brawdy
Wessex |22 |Sqn |RAF Leuchars
|RAF Coltishall
|RAF Chivenor
|RAF Valley
Ground Defence
1 Light Armour Sqn RAF Regt RAF Laarbruch
2 Light Armour Sqn RAF Regt RAF Hullavington
3 Sqn RAF Regt RAF Aldergrove
51 Light Armour Sqn RAF Regt RAF Catterick
58 Light Armour Sqn RAF Regt RAF Catterick
2503 Field Sqn R Aux AF Regt RAF Waddington
2620 Field Sqn R Aux AF Regt RAF Marham
2622 Field Sqn R Aux AF Regt RAF Lossiemouth
2623 Field Sqn R Aux AF Regt RAF Honington
2624 Field Sqn R Aux AF Regt RAF Brize Norton
2625 Field Sqn R Aux AF Regt RAF St. Mawgan
In addition, normal deployment outside the NATO area was:
Cyprus
Wessex, 84 Sqn; 34 Light Armour Sqn RAF Regt
Hong Kong
Wessex, 28 Sqn
Falkland Islands
1 Flt Phantom FGR2; 1 Flt Hercules; Chinook; Sea King; RAF Regt Rapier
Belize
1 Flt Harrier; 1 Flt Puma; RAF Regt Rapier
<1>92 Sqn is disbanding from 1 July.
<2>85 Sqn was retired on 1 July.
<3>The Shackleton was retired on 1 July. 8 Sqn is being re-equipped with E-3D Sentry aircraft based at
RAF Waddington.
RAF Capability
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration he is giving in "Options for Change" to medium-level capability for the Royal Air Force ; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : As clearly demonstrated by the operations in the Gulf, the RAF maintains an effective medium-level capability. This will not be affected by "Options for Change".
Naval Landing Platforms
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the Royal Navy's landing platform dock replacement programme.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle : We expect to place the contract for project definiton of the design of two new assault ships shortly.
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Tornado
Mr. Menzies Campbell : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the GR4 version of the Tornado aircraft to be fully operational.
Mr. Alan Clark : The Tornado GR4 is planned to enter service in the second half of the decade.
Empty Properties
Mr. Robert Hicks : To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number and locations of all those MOD properties in the Caradon area that are vacant at present ; what is the length of time that they have been unoccupied ; and what are his intentions for these properties.
Mr. Archie Hamilton : There are currently 12 vacant married quarters in the Caradon area at Torpoint. These have been vacant for fewer than three months. Eight of the properties are undergoing works and four will be alloted to incoming service families. In addition, one former married quarter is in the process of being sold.
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