To ask Her Majesty's Government by how much the battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland are under strength.
Answered on
2 August 2019
The current strength against workforce requirement for the battalions of the Royal Regiment of Scotland can be found in the table.
Table 1: Strength and workforce requirement of the battalions of The Royal Regiment of Scotland:
The Royal Regiment of Scotland | Strength | Workforce Requirement |
Regular Battalions | ||
The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland | 290 | 267 |
The Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland | 480 | 628 |
The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland | 480 | 628 |
The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland | 620 | 743 |
Balaklava Company, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) | 80 | 103 |
Reserve Battalions | ||
52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (incl. band) | 340 | 468 |
51st Highland, 7th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (incl. band) | 400 | 468 |
Notes/Caveats:
Strength figures have been provided by Defence Statistics, whilst Workforce Requirement is a single service estimate.
Regular battalions will include some Trained Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) (Full Commitment).
Reserve battalions will include Trained FTRS (Home Commitment), FTRS (Full Commitment), Trained Volunteer Reservists and some Regular personnel.
The Highland and Lowland bands are included with the Reserve battalions.
Strength figures have been rounded to the nearest 10; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.