Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 112158

Royal Irish Regiment

Tabled: 10 February 2026

Answered: 3 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Gavin Robinson

Democratic Unionist Party — Belfast East

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people served in the Royal Irish Regiment Home Service Battalions on a part-time basis up to and including disbandment in August 2007.

Answer

Louise Sandher-Jones

The number of part time personnel who served in the Royal Irish Regiment Home Service Battalions from its formation on 1 July 1992 until August 2007 is shown below: 01-Apr-07-01-Apr-061,17001-Apr-051,21001-Apr-041,30001-Apr-031,39001-Apr-021,50001-Apr-011...

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