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420631

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the 2015-16 Army Demand Plan.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><br /><p>The demand plan is an internal note setting out the Army's intake requirement for the Recruitment Partnership Programme contract for the forthcoming year, as required by the contract. It includes commercially sensitive information. Ministry of Defence officials are currently considering whether a redacted version of the plan can be placed in the Library of the House.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/10/2015 14:40:30 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

420632

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the interim performance regime for the Army Recruiting Partnership Project.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>I am withholding the information as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/10/2015 14:40:56 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

420633

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library an unredacted copy of Schedule 18 of the Army Recruiting Partnership Project contract with Capita.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>I am withholding the information as its disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/10/2015 14:41:28 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

420634

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Location
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those armed forces units that have been relocated under the Army 2020 structure.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>I refer the right hon. Member to the statement made by the then Defence Secretary, the right hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) on 5 March 2013 (Official Report: column 845) which set out the moves that would be required by Army units to deliver the Army 2020 structure. The units that have been relocated thus far are shown below:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Unit Title</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Original Location/Bks</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Final Location/Bks</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Headquarters 8 Engineer Brigade</p></td><td><p>Trenchard Lines, Upavon, UK</p></td><td><p>Gibraltar Barracks, Minley, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>215 Signal Squadron, 21st Signal Regiment, (1 Brigade Signals Squadron)</p></td><td><p>Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth, UK</p></td><td><p>Azimghur Barracks, Colerne, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd Battalion the MERCIAN Regiment</p></td><td><p>Palace Barracks, Belfast, UK</p></td><td><p>Dale Barracks, Chester, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>241 Signal Squadron, 10 Signal Regiment</p></td><td><p>Azimghur Barracks, Colerne, UK</p></td><td><p>St Davids Barracks, Bicester, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment</p></td><td><p>Picton Barracks, Bulford, UK</p></td><td><p>Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Balaclava Company, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)</p></td><td><p>Howe Barracks, Canterbury, UK</p></td><td><p>Redford Barracks, Edinburgh, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st Battalion The MERCIAN Regiment</p></td><td><p>Marne Barracks, Catterick, UK</p></td><td><p>Picton Barracks, Bulford, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd Battalion The RIFLES</p></td><td><p>Redford Barracks, Edinburgh, UK</p></td><td><p>Dreghorn Barracks, Edinburgh, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Military Stabilisation Support Group</p></td><td><p>Larkhill Barracks, Larkhill, UK</p></td><td><p>Denison Barracks, Hermitage, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>47 Regiment Royal Artillery</p></td><td><p>Baker Barracks, Thorney Island, UK</p></td><td><p>Roberts Barracks, Larkhill, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>Dreghorn Barracks, Edinburgh, UK</p></td><td><p>Palace Barracks, Belfast, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2nd Battalion The Rifles</p></td><td><p>Abercorn Barracks, Ballykinler, UK</p></td><td><p>Thiepval, Lisburn, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16th Regiment Royal Artillery</p></td><td><p>St Georges Barracks, N Luffenham, UK</p></td><td><p>Baker Barracks, Thorney Island, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 Medical Regiment</p></td><td><p>Gaza Barracks, Catterick, UK</p></td><td><p>Fulwood Barracks, Preston, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65 Field Support Squadron Royal Engineers, 39 Engineer Regiment</p></td><td><p>Gordon Barracks, Hameln, GE</p></td><td><p>Kinloss Barracks, Kinloss, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Headquaters 1 Artillery Brigade &amp; Headquaters South West</p></td><td><p>Trenchard Lines, Upavon (Element), UK</p></td><td><p>Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st Battalion Welsh Guards</p></td><td><p>Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow, UK</p></td><td><p>Elizabeth Barracks, Pirbright, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery</p></td><td><p>Caen Barracks, Hohne, GE</p></td><td><p>Albemarle Barracks, Harlow Hill, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 Close Support Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>St Barbara Barracks, Fallingbostel, GE</p></td><td><p>Leuchars Barracks, Leuchars Station, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st (United Kingdom) Division Headquaters</p></td><td><p>Hammersmith Barracks, Herford, GE</p></td><td><p>Imphal Barracks, York, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Medical Regiment</p></td><td><p>Haig Barracks, Hohne, GE</p></td><td><p>Dempsey Barracks, Sennelager, GE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st Battalion Irish Guards</p></td><td><p>Mons Barracks, Aldershot, UK</p></td><td><p>Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st Battalion Scots Guards</p></td><td><p>Bourlon Barracks, Catterick, UK</p></td><td><p>Mons Barracks, Aldershot, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4th Battalion The Rifles</p></td><td><p>Kiwi Barracks, Bulford, UK</p></td><td><p>New Normandy Barracks, Aldershot, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Light Dragoons</p></td><td><p>Robertson Barracks, Swanton Morley UK</p></td><td><p>Gaza Barracks, Catterick, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 Field Hospital</p></td><td><p>Normandy Barracks, Aldershot, UK</p></td><td><p>Keogh Barracks, Aldershot, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4 Armoured Medical Regiment</p></td><td><p>Normandy Barracks, Aldershot, UK</p></td><td><p>Keogh Barracks, Aldershot, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit, Frimley Park</p></td><td><p>Normandy Barracks, Aldershot, UK</p></td><td><p>Keogh Barracks, Aldershot, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Military Intelligence Battalion; Headquaters Company, 11, 14 &amp; 15 Company</p></td><td><p>Elmpt/Hohne/Sennelager. GE</p></td><td><p>Bourlon Barracks, Catterick, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Military Working Dogs; Regimental Headquarters</p></td><td><p>Normandy Barracks, Sennelager, GE</p></td><td><p>St Georges Barracks, N Luffenham, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2 Medical Regiment</p></td><td><p>Glynn Hughes Barracks, Hohne, GE</p></td><td><p>St Georges Barracks, N Luffenham, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>32 Engineer Regiment</p></td><td><p>Campbell Barracks, Hohne, GE</p></td><td><p>Marne Barracks, Catterick, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Highlanders, 4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland</p></td><td><p>St Barbara Barracks, Fallingbostel, GE</p></td><td><p>Bourlon Barracks, Catterick, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Headquarters 102 Logistic Brigade</p></td><td><p>Princess Royal Barracks, Gutersloh, GE</p></td><td><p>Prince William Barracks, Grantham, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st The Queen’s Dragoon Guards</p></td><td><p>Dempsey Barracks, Sennelager, GE</p></td><td><p>Robertson Barracks, Swanton Morley, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regimental Headquarters 1st Regiment Royal Military Police</p></td><td><p>Wentworth Barracks, Herford, GE</p></td><td><p>Gaza Barracks, Catterick, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards</p></td><td><p>Wessex Barracks, Fallingbostel, GE</p></td><td><p>Leuchars Barracks, Leuchars, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>110 Provost Company, 1st Regiment Royal Military Police</p></td><td><p>Normandy Barracks, Sennelager, GE</p></td><td><p>Leuchars Barracks, Leuchars, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>628 Signal Troop, 1 NATO Signal Battalion</p></td><td><p>Javelin Barracks, Elmpt, GE</p></td><td><p>Blandford Garrison, Blandford, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 Logistic Support Regiment</p></td><td><p>Princess Royal Barracks, Gutersloh, GE</p></td><td><p>St Davids Barracks, Bicester, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1st Signal Regiment</p></td><td><p>Hammersmith Barracks, Herford, GE</p></td><td><p>Beacon Barracks, Stafford, UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16th Signal Regmient</p></td><td><p>Javelin Barracks, Elmpt GE</p></td><td><p>Beacon Barracks, Stafford, UK</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 20/10/2015 14:50:58 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name 20130305_Army_Basing_Plan.docx title 20130305_Army_Basing_Plan
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

420635

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Army Recruiting Partnership Project to achieve full operating capacity; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>The Army is delivering its recruiting operations in partnership with Capita through the Recruiting Partnering Project (RPP). In January 2014 a number of steps were taken by the Ministry of Defence to improve recruiting performance. These were set out by the former Defence Secretary, the right hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond) in his statement on 14 January 2014 (Official Report, column 715). Since that statement, good progress has been made and a number of criteria for the achievement of Full Operating Capability have been met, but the go-live date for the ICT system has been delayed and is now scheduled for no later than April 2016.</p><br /><p>The financial benefits of the RPP are measured by comparing the cost of operating the service compared with the original financial baseline used by the project. Actual versus planned savings for the financial years (FY) 2012-13 to 2014-15 are as follows:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Savings (£ million)</p></td><td><p><br>2012-13</p></td><td><p><br>2013-14</p></td><td><p><br>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planned</p></td><td><p>-3.4</p></td><td><p>20.6</p></td><td><p>32.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>40.9</p></td><td><p>-4.9</p></td><td><p>-43.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p>Capita has been subject to the full contractual performance regime since the end of July 2015, and is now responsible for all interim costs until the new ICT solution is delivered. Forecast benefits across the life of the project have now reduced to around £220 million. The project costs remain within the original approval.</p><br /><p>The revised planned savings to be delivered under RPP between FY 2015-16 and 2021-22 are now as follows:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Savings (£ million)</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planned</p></td><td><p>-13.0</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td><td><p>33.9</p></td><td><p>39.4</p></td><td><p>45.5</p></td><td><p>54.3</p></td><td><p>38.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>These figures correct those in the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Reserves (Julian Brazier) on 16 March 2015 to Question 225513, to the right hon. Member for Lagan Valley (Jeffrey M. Donaldson).</p><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 11481 11485 question first answered 20/10/2015 15:22:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

420637

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the target is for (a) regular Army and (b) Army Reserve recruitment in each financial year between 2015-16 and 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>Army Reserve recruitment targets for Financial Year 2015-16 to 2018-19, broken down by trained entrants and new recruits are contained within The Future Reserves 2020 paper which was placed in the Library of the House on 19 December 2013 , (reference number DEP2013-2063) and is still valid. I refer the right hon. Member to the written ministerial statement made by my right hon. Friend the former Secretary of State for Defence the right hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) on 19 December 2013 (Official Report column 124WS). There are no targets currently set for year 2019-20.</p><br /><p>Requirements for Regular intake to the trained strength are provisionally set for three years in advance but are subject to change. This requirement underpins the recruitment target. The Army Recruitment and Training Division recruitment target for 2015-16 is 10,025 (this figure does not include Gurkhas). Not all of those recruited will successfully complete training to intake into the trained strength. It is not possible to give recruiting targets beyond Financial Year 2015-16 as intake requirements beyond the forthcoming year are subject to constant review and amendment.</p><br /><br /><p>The following tables detail provisional requirements for trained intake to the Regular Army by Cap-badge. All targets remain under constant review. Intake requirements are produced on a rolling basis and have not yet been confirmed beyond financial year 2018-19.</p><br /><p>Requirements for trained Soldier intake into the Regular trained strength</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Cap badge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Artillery</p></td><td><p>635</p></td><td><p>654</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>666</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>674</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Signals</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>572</p></td><td><p>575</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>2,194</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistic Corps</p></td><td><p>1,067</p></td><td><p>1,102</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>562</p></td><td><p>663</p></td><td><p>709</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff Personnel Support)</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Dental Corps</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Veterinary Corps</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps Army Music</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,102</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,613</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,589</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,534</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Requirements for direct entry Commissioned Officer intake into the Regular trained strength</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Cap badge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Artillery</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Signals</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistic Corps</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff Personnel Support)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational Training Services)</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>557</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>579</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>590</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>578</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Requirements for professionally qualified officer intake into the regular trained strength</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Cap badge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Chaplains Department</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps Professionally Qualified Officer</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps(Army Legal Services)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Dental Corps</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Veterinary Corps</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>92</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p>In addition intake requirements for Regular to Regular Re-joiners are:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong> <strong>Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular to Regular Re-joiners</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Outflow estimates are calculated twice a year. The outflow estimate for financial year 2015-16 is 8,920, 1,050 Officers and 7,870 Other Ranks (excluding Gurkhas). Outflow estimates are not endorsed beyond the current financial year, and are not broken down by skill or trade. Outflow is subject to a large number of internal and external factors and is reviewed regularly.</p><br /><p>Intake and outflow figures are single service estimates and have not been produced by Defence Statistics.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 11382 11453 question first answered 20/10/2015 14:49:46 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name 20131219_Future_Reserves_2020.docx title 20131219_Future_Reserves_2020
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

420642

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Army Reserve recruitment target for (a) new recruits and (b) trained entrants is in financial years between 2015-16 and 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>Army Reserve recruitment targets for Financial Year 2015-16 to 2018-19, broken down by trained entrants and new recruits are contained within The Future Reserves 2020 paper which was placed in the Library of the House on 19 December 2013 , (reference number DEP2013-2063) and is still valid. I refer the right hon. Member to the written ministerial statement made by my right hon. Friend the former Secretary of State for Defence the right hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) on 19 December 2013 (Official Report column 124WS). There are no targets currently set for year 2019-20.</p><br /><p>Requirements for Regular intake to the trained strength are provisionally set for three years in advance but are subject to change. This requirement underpins the recruitment target. The Army Recruitment and Training Division recruitment target for 2015-16 is 10,025 (this figure does not include Gurkhas). Not all of those recruited will successfully complete training to intake into the trained strength. It is not possible to give recruiting targets beyond Financial Year 2015-16 as intake requirements beyond the forthcoming year are subject to constant review and amendment.</p><br /><br /><p>The following tables detail provisional requirements for trained intake to the Regular Army by Cap-badge. All targets remain under constant review. Intake requirements are produced on a rolling basis and have not yet been confirmed beyond financial year 2018-19.</p><br /><p>Requirements for trained Soldier intake into the Regular trained strength</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Cap badge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Artillery</p></td><td><p>635</p></td><td><p>654</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>666</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>674</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Signals</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>572</p></td><td><p>575</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>2,194</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistic Corps</p></td><td><p>1,067</p></td><td><p>1,102</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>562</p></td><td><p>663</p></td><td><p>709</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff Personnel Support)</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Dental Corps</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Veterinary Corps</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps Army Music</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,102</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,613</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,589</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,534</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Requirements for direct entry Commissioned Officer intake into the Regular trained strength</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Cap badge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Artillery</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Signals</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistic Corps</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff Personnel Support)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational Training Services)</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>557</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>579</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>590</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>578</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Requirements for professionally qualified officer intake into the regular trained strength</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Cap badge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Chaplains Department</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps Professionally Qualified Officer</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps(Army Legal Services)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Dental Corps</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Veterinary Corps</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>92</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p>In addition intake requirements for Regular to Regular Re-joiners are:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong> <strong>Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular to Regular Re-joiners</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Outflow estimates are calculated twice a year. The outflow estimate for financial year 2015-16 is 8,920, 1,050 Officers and 7,870 Other Ranks (excluding Gurkhas). Outflow estimates are not endorsed beyond the current financial year, and are not broken down by skill or trade. Outflow is subject to a large number of internal and external factors and is reviewed regularly.</p><br /><p>Intake and outflow figures are single service estimates and have not been produced by Defence Statistics.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 11453 11454 question first answered 20/10/2015 14:49:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name 20131219_Future_Reserves_2020.docx title 20131219_Future_Reserves_2020
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

420643

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the anticipated personnel (a) inflow and (b) outflow in each (i) rank and (ii) skill or trade in the regular Army over the next 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <br /><p>Army Reserve recruitment targets for Financial Year 2015-16 to 2018-19, broken down by trained entrants and new recruits are contained within The Future Reserves 2020 paper which was placed in the Library of the House on 19 December 2013 , (reference number DEP2013-2063) and is still valid. I refer the right hon. Member to the written ministerial statement made by my right hon. Friend the former Secretary of State for Defence the right hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) on 19 December 2013 (Official Report column 124WS). There are no targets currently set for year 2019-20.</p><br /><p>Requirements for Regular intake to the trained strength are provisionally set for three years in advance but are subject to change. This requirement underpins the recruitment target. The Army Recruitment and Training Division recruitment target for 2015-16 is 10,025 (this figure does not include Gurkhas). Not all of those recruited will successfully complete training to intake into the trained strength. It is not possible to give recruiting targets beyond Financial Year 2015-16 as intake requirements beyond the forthcoming year are subject to constant review and amendment.</p><br /><br /><p>The following tables detail provisional requirements for trained intake to the Regular Army by Cap-badge. All targets remain under constant review. Intake requirements are produced on a rolling basis and have not yet been confirmed beyond financial year 2018-19.</p><br /><p>Requirements for trained Soldier intake into the Regular trained strength</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Cap badge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>485</p></td><td><p>525</p></td><td><p>550</p></td><td><p>550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Artillery</p></td><td><p>635</p></td><td><p>654</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>570</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>666</p></td><td><p>699</p></td><td><p>674</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Signals</p></td><td><p>535</p></td><td><p>572</p></td><td><p>575</p></td><td><p>560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>2,194</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistic Corps</p></td><td><p>1,067</p></td><td><p>1,102</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>562</p></td><td><p>663</p></td><td><p>709</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff Personnel Support)</p></td><td><p>230</p></td><td><p>268</p></td><td><p>269</p></td><td><p>223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>99</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>125</p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p>233</p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>196</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Dental Corps</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Veterinary Corps</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps Army Music</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,102</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,613</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,589</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>7,534</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Requirements for direct entry Commissioned Officer intake into the Regular trained strength</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Cap badge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Artillery</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Engineers</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Signals</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>137</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army Air Corps</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistic Corps</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff Personnel Support)</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational Training Services)</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>557</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>579</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>590</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>578</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Requirements for professionally qualified officer intake into the regular trained strength</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Cap badge</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Chaplains Department</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical Corps Professionally Qualified Officer</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General’s Corps(Army Legal Services)</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Dental Corps</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Veterinary Corps</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>92</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p>In addition intake requirements for Regular to Regular Re-joiners are:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17 Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong> <strong>Requirement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19 Requirement</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular to Regular Re-joiners</p></td><td><p>250</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>Outflow estimates are calculated twice a year. The outflow estimate for financial year 2015-16 is 8,920, 1,050 Officers and 7,870 Other Ranks (excluding Gurkhas). Outflow estimates are not endorsed beyond the current financial year, and are not broken down by skill or trade. Outflow is subject to a large number of internal and external factors and is reviewed regularly.</p><br /><p>Intake and outflow figures are single service estimates and have not been produced by Defence Statistics.</p><br /><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 11382 11454 question first answered 20/10/2015 14:49:45 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt attachment 1 file name 20131219_Future_Reserves_2020.docx title 20131219_Future_Reserves_2020
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registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Bahrain: Military Exercises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) assets and (b) personnel of his Department took part in Exercise Pearl Dagger in conjunction with the Bahraini armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	11402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2015 answer text <p>One Royal Fleet Auxiliary Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) - Cardigan Bay, with two Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel (LCVP) and six Inflatable Raiding Craft, along with 104 Royal Marines took part in Exercise Pearl Dagger.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 15/10/2015 15:03:55 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
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420654

registered interest
date	12/10/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) planned and (b) actual savings to his Department were under the Army Recruiting Partnership Project in each financial year between 2012-13 and 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	11481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2015 answer text <p>The Army is delivering its recruiting operations in partnership with Capita through the Recruiting Partnering Project (RPP). In January 2014 a number of steps were taken by the Ministry of Defence to improve recruiting performance. These were set out by the former Defence Secretary, the right hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Philip Hammond) in his statement on 14 January 2014 (Official Report, column 715). Since that statement, good progress has been made and a number of criteria for the achievement of Full Operating Capability have been met, but the go-live date for the ICT system has been delayed and is now scheduled for no later than April 2016.</p><br /><p>The financial benefits of the RPP are measured by comparing the cost of operating the service compared with the original financial baseline used by the project. Actual versus planned savings for the financial years (FY) 2012-13 to 2014-15 are as follows:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Savings (£ million)</p></td><td><p><br>2012-13</p></td><td><p><br>2013-14</p></td><td><p><br>2014-15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planned</p></td><td><p>-3.4</p></td><td><p>20.6</p></td><td><p>32.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actual</p></td><td><p>40.9</p></td><td><p>-4.9</p></td><td><p>-43.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p>Capita has been subject to the full contractual performance regime since the end of July 2015, and is now responsible for all interim costs until the new ICT solution is delivered. Forecast benefits across the life of the project have now reduced to around £220 million. The project costs remain within the original approval.</p><br /><p>The revised planned savings to be delivered under RPP between FY 2015-16 and 2021-22 are now as follows:</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Savings (£ million)</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>2021-22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planned</p></td><td><p>-13.0</p></td><td><p>19.0</p></td><td><p>33.9</p></td><td><p>39.4</p></td><td><p>45.5</p></td><td><p>54.3</p></td><td><p>38.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>These figures correct those in the answer given by my hon. Friend the Minister for the Reserves (Julian Brazier) on 16 March 2015 to Question 225513, to the right hon. Member for Lagan Valley (Jeffrey M. Donaldson).</p><br /> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 11386 11485 question first answered 20/10/2015 15:22:36 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
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