The War Office announced that 16th Abn Div (TA) would disband the following year and be replaced by a single parachute brigade. The RASC unit required for the brigade would be reduced to a single company.
The War Office stated that 16th Abn Div (TA) would cease operations the following year and be replaced by a single airborne brigade, which would necessitate a reduction in the RASC unit from multiple companies to a single one.