minehunter. HMS Brecon, Northern Ireland patrol vessel, former Hunt class minehunter. HMS Cottesmore, Northern Ireland patrol vessel, former Hunt class minehunter. HMS Dulverton, Northern Ireland patrol vessel, former Hunt class minehunter. The review also mentioned "significant" classified enhancements of British special forces, including strength increases and investment in new equipment. Financially, in a Treasury spending review announced the week before, the budget would rise by £3.7bn from £29.7bn in 2004/2005 to £33.4bn in 2007/2008. The review also mentions £3bn to be invested into procuring new helicopters over the next ten years. Future army structure The future regimental structure, after changes were outlined in the review was announced in December 2004. Significant changes included: Creation of new 'Combat Service Support Formations', including: 1st Military Intelligence Brigade 12th Signal Group -> reformed in 2004 to administer three reserve signals regiment part of 2nd (National Communications) Signal Brigade -> later disbanded in 2008 following budget cuts to the equipment of the regiments 8th Engineer Brigade 2nd Medical Brigade Conversion of an armoured regiment to the formation reconnaissance role -> Queen's Royal Lancers was selected, and subsequently joined 19th Light Brigade (see below) and retired its Challengers All single-battalion infantry regiments to be merged into existing or new regiments. This measure met with some opposition, especially in Scotland, amongst former soldiers and nationalist groups. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment), King's Own Scottish Borderers, Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment), The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons), Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) and TA elements amalgamated into the Royal Regiment of Scotland -> Royal Scots (1 SCOTS) and King's Own Scottish Borderers (2 SCOTS) amalgamated shortly thereafter into the Royal Scots Borderers (new 1 SCOTS) King's Own Royal Border Regiment, King's Regiment, and Queen's Lancashire Regiment and TA elements amalgamated into the Duke of Lancaster's Regiment -> 3rd Bn shortly thereafter disbanded Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire, The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment), Duke of Wellington's Regiment, and TA elements amalgamated into the Yorkshire Regiment Cheshire Regiment, Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters, Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales'), and TA elements amalgamated into the Mercian Regiment Royal Welch Fusiliers, Royal Regiment of Wales, and TA elements amalgamated into the Royal Welsh Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, two battalions each of the Royal Green Jackets and The Light Infantry all amalgamated into The