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Army Secretariat Army Headquarters IDL 24 Blenheim Building Marlborough Lines Andover Hampshire, SP11 8HJ United Kingdom Army Secretariat Army Headquarters IDL 24 Blenheim Building Marlborough Lines Andover Hampshire, SP11 8HJ United Kingdom Ref: FOI2019/02407 E-mail: [email protected] ArmySec/13/04 Website: www.army.mod.gov.uk Ms Frances Perraudin 15 July 2019 [email protected] Dear Ms Perraudin, Thank you for your email of 22 February in which you requested the following clarified information: • How many people were in each infantry regiment in the UK, broken down by rank, on 1 Jan 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015? • What was the established strength of each infantry regiment in the UK, broken down by rank, on 1 Jan 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015? • I would like the data on all regular infantry regiments within the British Army. • I would like both the figures for both regulars and reservists, stated separately. • I'm interested in the figures for those serving at regimental duty, but (if it wouldn't put my request over the limit for how much time it would take to process) I would also be interested in the whole regiment figures, as long as they were given separately. I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000. Following my letter dated 25 Mar, the Department has considered this case further and it has been decided that some of this information is exempt under Section 26 1(b) (Defence), which exempts information that if disclosed would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces. Section 26 1 (b) is a qualified exemption which requires a public interest test to establish the balance of releasing or withholding information. In this case, the arguments for release include the public interest in how Defence is run and the current manning levels of the Army. Arguments to withhold information include the internal organisational detail including the specific breakdown of units, particularly those that comprise a key arm of the Army's combat force, being sensitive information useful to potential adversaries, as it exposes Army structures and capabilities in detail. It has been decided that on balance the breakdown by rank of the information requested should be withheld, as release would be likely to be prejudicial to capability, effectiveness and security of the units in question. Regimental level information has been provided and can be found attached. Under Section 16 (advice and assistance), you may find it useful to note that there are around 4,500 Infantry personnel per year that are not included within the tables, as they would not have been currently serving within Infantry battalions. Although workforce requirements demonstrate the planned strength for each unit, they (or their sub-units) will deploy at the necessary strength for the operation, backfilled by the wider Army as required. The current manning level is therefore not a direct reflection of a unit's ability to be deployed. The Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) are made up of mostly Gurkha personnel, who are not classified as 'Regular' personnel due to their different terms and conditions of service. They have therefore been excluded from the table, which lists 'Regular' units. However, given their essential contribution to the capability of the Infantry, they have been provided separately under Section 16 (advice and assistance). If you have any queries regarding the content of this letter, please contact this office in the first instance. Following this, if you wish to complain about the handling of your request, or the content of this response, you can request an independent internal review by contacting the Information Rights Compliance team, Ground Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail CIO- [email protected]). Please note that any request for an internal review should be made within 40 working days of the date of this response. If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may raise your complaint directly to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not normally investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website at https://ico.org.uk/. Yours sincerely, R Parry Army Secretariat Table 1: Trade Trained Regular Strength at Regimental Duty in Regular Infantry Regiments as at 1 Jan for last 5-years: 1st January 2015 1st January 2016 1st January 2017 1st January 2018 1st January 2019 Workforce Workforce Workforce Workforce Workforce Infantry Regiment Strength Strength Strength Strength Strength Requirement Requirement Requirement Requirement Requirement Grenadier Guards incl Nijm Coy 550 595 570 594 540 594 550 593 570 592 (PDIC) Coldstream Guards incl 7 Coy 580 651 590 594 550 594 480 593 460 592 (PDIC) Scots Guards incl F Coy (PDIC) 570 699 550 699 520 699 500 698 440 697 Irish Guards 420 501 450 500 430 500 400 499 370 498 Welsh Guards 480 506 470 505 420 505 360 504 370 503 The Royal Regiment of Scotland 2,180 2,214 2,030 2,211 1,950 2,211 1,750 2,033 1,690 2,064 The Princess of Wales's Royal 1,040 1,113 1,020 1,112 970 1,112 930 1,114 820 1,091 Regiment The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment 1,040 1,007 910 1,002 890 1,002 860 1,000 790 1,043 The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 690 1,183 580 612 550 612 520 615 500 614 The Royal Anglian Regiment 1,000 1,062 1,000 1,006 980 1,006 940 1,000 950 1,000 The Yorkshire Regiment 1,160 1,173 1,140 1,117 1,100 1,117 1,010 1,115 930 1,115 The Mercian Regiment 1,230 1,114 1,140 1,113 1,050 1,113 930 1,115 920 1,181 The Royal Welsh 670 613 560 612 560 612 520 615 490 614 The Royal Irish Regiment 520 505 490 505 500 505 480 552 440 552 The Parachute Regiment 1,080 1,185 1,140 1,184 1,120 1,184 1,080 1,190 1,060 1,190 The Rifles 2,670 2,726 2,600 2,725 2,710 2,725 2,560 2,595 2,500 2,594 Table 2: Trained Reservist Strength at Regimental Duty in Regular Infantry Regiments as at 1 Jan for last 5-years. 1st January 2015 1st January 2016 1st January 2017 1st January 2018 1st January 2019 Workforce Workforce Workforce Workforce Workforce Infantry Regiment Strength Strength Strength Strength Strength Requirement Requirement Requirement Requirement Requirement Grenadier Guards incl Nijm Coy - - - - - - - - - - (PDIC) Coldstream Guards incl Nijm Coy - - - - - - - - - - (PDIC) Scots Guards incl F Coy (PDIC) - - - - - - - - - - Irish Guards - - - - - - - - - - Welsh Guards - - - - - - - - - - The Royal Regiment of Scotland - - - - 10 - 10 - 10 - The Princess of Wales's Royal - - - - 20 - 10 - - - Regiment The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - - - - - - - - - - The Royal Anglian Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Yorkshire Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Mercian Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Royal Welsh - - - - - - - - - - The Royal Irish Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Parachute Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Rifles 20 - - - - - - - - - Table 3: Trade Trained Regular Strength including Supporting Arms in Regular Infantry Regiments as at 1 Jan for last 5-years. 1st January 2015 1st January 2016 1st January 2017 1st January 2018 1st January 2019 Workforce Workforce Workforce Workforce Workforce Infantry Regiment Strength Strength Strength Strength Strength Requirement Requirement Requirement Requirement Requirement Grenadier Guards incl Nijm Coy 600 655 620 654 600 654 600 653 630 652 (PDIC) Coldstream Guards incl 7 Coy 640 711 650 654 610 654 540 653 520 652 (PDIC) Scots Guards incl F Coy (PDIC) 660 803 630 802 610 802 590 801 530 800 Irish Guards 480 561 510 560 490 560 460 559 420 558 Welsh Guards 540 582 540 581 490 581 430 580 440 563 The Royal Regiment of Scotland 2,410 2,525 2,290 2,514 2,220 2,514 2,010 2,333 1,970 2,369 The Princess of Wales's Royal 1,180 1,289 1,170 1,288 1,120 1,288 1,080 1,277 960 1,254 Regiment The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment 1,140 1,114 1,040 1,122 1,010 1,122 970 1,120 910 1,165 The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers 790 1,360 670 729 650 729 630 732 610 731 The Royal Anglian Regiment 1,110 1,203 1,120 1,143 1,110 1,142 1,090 1,149 1,080 1,131 The Yorkshire Regiment 1,330 1,393 1,280 1,310 1,280 1,310 1,190 1,308 1,100 1,308 The Mercian Regiment 1,380 1,291 1,290 1,290 1,210 1,290 1,100 1,292 1,070 1,360 The Royal Welsh 760 730 660 729 660 729 620 732 590 731 The Royal Irish Regiment 570 581 550 581 560 581 540 628 510 628 The Parachute Regiment 1,210 1,319 1,270 1,318 1,250 1,318 1,210 1,324 1,200 1,324 The Rifles 2,980 3,142 2,950 3,140 3,110 3,140 2,920 2,999 2,880 2,998 Table 4: Trained Reservist Strength including Supporting Arms in Regular Infantry Regiments as at 1 Jan for last 5-years. 1st January 2015 1st January 2016 1st January 2017 1st January 2018 1st January 2019 Workforce Workforce Workforce Workforce Workforce Infantry Regiment Strength Strength Strength Strength Strength Requirement Requirement Requirement Requirement Requirement Grenadier Guards incl 7 Coy - - - - - - - - 10 - (PDIC) Coldstream incl Nijm Coy (PDIC) - - - - - - - - - - Scots Guards incl F Coy (PDIC) - - - - - - - - - - Irish Guards - - - - - - - - - - Welsh Guards - - - - - - - - - - The Royal Regiment of Scotland - - - - 10 - 10 - 10 - The Princess of Wales's Royal - - - - 20 - 10 - - - Regiment The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers - - - - - - - - - - The Royal Anglian Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Yorkshire Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Mercian Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Royal Welsh - - - - - - - - - - The Royal Irish Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Parachute Regiment - - - - - - - - - - The Rifles 20 - - - - - - - - - Notes/Caveats: • Tables 1 and 2 include only those members of the Infantry serving at Regimental Duty.
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