Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the units of (a) Army cadets, (b) Royal Marine cadets, (c) Royal Navy cadets and (d) Air Training Corps cadets in the Isle of Wight and Hampshire; and what grant was paid to each unit by his Department in (i) 1997, (ii) 2001 and (iii) 2005.
Answer
Cadet force units in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight are as follows:Army Cadet Force unitsThe Hampshire and Isle of Wight Army cadet force is classified as one unit, made up of several sub-units, following the Army structure of troops and platoons constituting Companies.
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight ACF Headquarters, Winchester |
| Unit | Affiliation |
| HQ Corps & Drums PI | R, Hampshires |
| A Company Headquarters, Aldershot |
| Unit | Affiliation |
| 1 (Aldershot ) P1 | PARA |
| 2 (Farnborough) Pl | RHA |
| 3 (Alton ) PI | REME |
| 4 (Fleet/Crookham) Tp | RE |
| 5 (Cove) Tp | RE |
| 6 (Borden) Pl | REME |
| 7 (Old Basing) Pl | PARA |
| 8 (Yateley) Tp | RE |
| 9 (Liphook) Pl | REME |
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| B Company Headquarters, Portsmouth |
| Unit | Affiliation |
| 2 (Perrone Rd) Pl | REME |
| 3 (Hayling Island) Pl | PWRR |
| 4 (Leigh Park) Pl | PWRR |
| 5 (Cosham Tudor) Pl | PWRR |
| 6 (Cowplain) Pl | PWRR |
| 7 (Purbrook Park) Pl | PWRR |
| 8 (Gosport ) P1 | PWRR |
| 9 (Browndown) Pl | PWRR |
| 10 (Connaught) PL | PWRR |
| C Company Headquarters, Newport, Isle of Wight |
| Unit | Affiliation |
| 1 (Newport) Tp | RLC |
| 2 (Ryde) Tp | RLC |
| 3 (Sandown) Tp | RLC |
| 4 (Freshwater) Tp | RLC |
| 5 (Bembridge) Tp | RLC |
| 6 (East Cowes ) Tp | RLC |
| 7 (Ventnor) Tp | RLC |
| X Company Headquarters, Fordingbridge |
| Unit | Affiliation |
| 1 (Blackfield) Tp | RLC |
| 2 (Brockenhurst) Tp | RLC |
| 3 (Fordingbridge) Pl | PWRR |
| 4 (Hythe) Tp | RLC |
| 5 (Lymington) PI | PWRR |
| 6 (New Milton) Pl | PWRR |
| 8 (Homefield School) Pl | PWRR |
| 9 (Totton) Tp | RLC |
| Y Company Headquarters, Southampton |
| Unit | Affiliation |
| 1 (Park Gate) Pl | PWRR |
| 3 (Swaythling) Pl | RE |
| 4 (Bishop's Waltham) Tp | RLC |
| 5 (Itchen) Tp | RLC |
| 7 (Millbrook) Tp | RE |
| 8 (Fairoak) Tp | RLC |
| 9 (Fareham) Pl | PWRR |
| Z Company, Headquarters, Winchester |
| Unit | Affiliation |
| 1 (Andover) Pl | PWRR |
| 3 (Basingstoke) Pl | PWRR |
| 4 (Overton) Pl | PWRR |
| 5 (Winchester) Pl | PWRR |
| 6 (Kings School) Pl | RGJ |
| 7 (Worthy Down) Pl Band & Corps of Drums | AGC |
| 9 (Middle Wallop) Flt | AAC |
| 10 (Romsey) Pl | PWRR |
| 11 (Eastleigh) Pl | PWRR |
Royal Marine and Royal Navy Cadet units, (Voluntary Cadet Corps—VCC)There is one Royal Marine Cadet (VCC) unit—based at HMS Excellent (Whale Island).There are three Royal Navy Cadet (VCC) units—all based in the Portsmouth/Gosport area, at HMS Sultan, HMS Collingwood, and Fort Blockhouse (ex-HMS Dolphin)Sea Cadet Corps units"Hampshire""Gosport—TS Hornet""Portsmouth—TS Alamein""Romsey—TS Hampshire""Southampton—TS Southampton""Winchester—TS Itchen"Isle of Wight"Cowes—TS Osborne""Ryde—TS Royal George"Air Training Corps Cadets Squadrons"413 (Aldershot) Sqn""424 (Southampton) Sqn""424/1 (Testwood) Sqn""443 (Basingstoke) Sqn""457 (Farnborough) Sqn""1024 (Isle of Wight) Sqn""1024/1 (Sandown) Sqn""1098 (Gosport) Sqn""1105 (Winchester) Sqn""1189 (Portsmouth) Sqn""1213 (Andover) Sqn""1216 (Eastleigh) Sqn""1308 (New Forest) Sqn""1350 (Fareham)Sqn""1350/1 (Porchester) Sqn""1391 (Romsey) Sqn""1927 (Petersfield) Sqn""2260 (Waterlooville) Sqn""2327 (Havant) Sqn""2407 (Yateley & Eversley) Sqn""2407/1 (Fleet) Sqn""2412 (Bordon & District) Sqn""2412/1 (Alton) Sqn""2428 (Hedge End) Sqn""2495 (Hythe) Sqn""2515 (Ringwood & Fordingbridge) Sqn"The department provides funding to the individual services to support their respective cadet forces, which is administered through the cadet force headquarters. Each unit does not receive a specific grant, but benefits from the support of its national organisation and parent service, depending on need, unit contingent size and activity undertaken.