Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the manpower establishment by rank and number is of each battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland; and what the manpower shortfall is for each such battalion.

Mark Lancaster, Minister of State for the Armed Forces: The table below shows the establishment and strength of each battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland:

Notes/Caveats:

Current strengths have been provided by Defence Statistics, establishment figures are a single source estimate.

Regular figures are for trade trained Army and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from Gurkha Trained Adult Manpower to UK Trained Adult Population.

Reserve figures are for trained FR20 Army only. The FR20 population consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS contracts who were previously Army Reservists.

Regimental duty is defined as personnel serving in a regimental unit, for example, in the 1st Battalion.

Establishment and strength data do not include attached personnel from other arms and corps, nor do they include personnel at extra regimental employment in posts away from their parent unit.

Defence does not routinely publish establishment and strength data in further detail as to do so would, or would be likely to, prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces

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