A total of 301 athletes across the 20 sports will compete for Britain.

That is made up of 186 men and 115 women - the nation's biggest ever team.

As at the day of the Opening Ceremony on August 29 seven of the total are under 16 whilst 10 are over 50.

The youngest team member will be swimmer Chloe Davies, a 13-year-old from Bath who will compete in the 100 metres backstroke in the S14 category, and the oldest will be archer Kate Murray, who is aged 63 from Hawick and will compete in the women's individual and team recurve events in the W2 section.

"I'm proud that we are the first to have registered and look forward to leading this hugely talented team into the Games environment," said Craig Hunter, the Chef de Mission of ParalympicsGB

"Our first athletes arrive at the [Athletes'] Village on Wednesday [August 22] and we are busy creating the right support set-up for them to go out and produce their lifetime's best at Games time."

Britain's goal is to maintain its status on the medal table and to win more medals across more sports.

ParalympicsGB brought home 102 medals from Beijing, 42 of them gold, but China topped the table with 211 medals, 89 of which were gold.

The United States were third, six golds behind GB.

"Winning medals in front of an excited home crowd will give us a great platform to help shift perceptions of Paralympic sport and ensure that our athletes get the recognition they deserve", said Tim Hollingsworth, the chief executive of the British Paralympic Association.

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