MARINES: MILITARY BANDS

27th January 2017

Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) trained and (b) untrained strength is of the Royal Marine Band Service.

Mike Penning, Minister of State for the Armed Forces: The trained and untrained strength of the Royal Marines Band Service is published in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Monthly Personnel Situation Report. The figures as at 1 December 2016 are shown as:

 

Trained

350

Untrained

70

Total

420

Notes:

1. Regular Marines in the Royal Marines Band Service.

 

2. Totals are rounded separately so may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.

 

The link to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Monthly Personnel Situation Report published on 19 January 2017 giving further details can be found at:

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/584247/20170116_-_FINAL_-_RN_RM_Monthly_Situation_Report__rounded___2_.pdf

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