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registered interest
date	24/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of the advertising budget to support reserve recruitment campaigns has been to date; and what the overall budget is for such expenditure in the future.
tabling member constituency	Reigate
tabling member printed	Crispin Blunt
uin	215731
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>During financial year (FY) 2013-14, the total cost of the Maritime Reserves' recruitment advertising was £2.16 million. The Maritime Reserves' budget for Reserves recruitment advertising in FY 2014-15 is £2.96 million.</p><p>The Army's 'More Than Meets The Eye' recruiting campaign is designed to attract applications to both the Regular and Reserve components of the Army. The cost of the Reserve element of the campaign is, therefore, an estimate based on a 50% share of the overall campaign cost. During FY 2013-14, the Army estimates that the cost of advertising for Army Reserve recruitment was £1.882 million. The projected share of the budget to be spent on Army Reserve recruitment advertising in FY 2014-15 is £3.8 million.</p><p>During FY 2013-14, the total cost of the RAF's Reserve recruitment advertising was £2.52 million. In 2014-15, the RAF's budget for Reserves specific recruitment advertising is £2.14 million.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 01/12/2014 16:08:15 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 30505 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	104 label Biography information for Crispin Blunt

155789

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Ayrshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual recruitment figure to the Army from Central Ayrshire was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Mr Brian H. Donohoe
uin	214760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2014 answer text <p>Recruiting information is not held specifically for central Ayrshire. Annual recruitment to the Army from Scotland over the last five years is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p><p>(to 31 October )</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>1,050</p></td><td><p>840</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10. Numbers ending in 5 are rounded to</p><p>the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 26/11/2014 16:11:00 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 29722 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	586 label Biography information for Mr Brian H. Donohoe

155793

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which minister of his Department signed off the decisions to raise the upper age limit of recruitment in the Army Reserve from (a) 43 to 52 years old for former regular forces personnel and (b) 45 to 50 for those with specialist skills to become officers.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	214652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>While decisions to raise the upper age limits for joining the Army Reserve do not require Ministerial authority, Ministers were aware of the changes.</p><p>The raising of the age of entry into the Army Reserve for ex-Regulars allows a greater number to join the Army Reserve and continue their military careers. In doing so they bring with them valuable skills and experience from their Regular service which is of benefit to the Army Reserve. In addition, the age limits for those with specialist skills were raised in May 2012. These are sensible measures to attract the best talent into the Army Reserve and which reflect the Government's intention to expand Reserve Forces.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 27/11/2014 16:09:37 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 29723 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

155805

registered interest
date	17/11/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on television recruitment campaigns for (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy, (c) the Royal Air Force and (d) in total in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	214674
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The table below shows how much each of the three Services has spent on television recruitment campaigns for the current and last two financial years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year/Service </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14 </strong></p><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>2.80</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1.86</del><ins class="ministerial">4.45</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2.95*</del><ins class="ministerial">6.79*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>2.99**</p></td><td><p>1.28</p></td><td><p>1.75</p><p>(to 31 August 2014)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td><td><p>2.25</p></td><td><p>2.67</p></td><td><p>3.37</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* Forecast</p><p>** From 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not incurred any costs in respect of television recruitment for civilian staff.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier previous answer version 29711 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 35698 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier question first answered 18/12/2014 16:34:34 question first ministerially corrected 22/01/2015 12:00:01 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

91937

registered interest
date	26/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Peacekeeping Operations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans the UK has to include gender advisory capacity as part of its recognised military capability; whether the UK plans to contribute any full-time gender advisers to (a) the rapid reaction force announced by the Prime Minister on 8 September 2014 and (b) other NATO operations and missions in the near future; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	209498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) recognises the importance of ensuring that our Armed Froces fully understand the importance of following best practice in relation to equality and diversity issues. That is why Equality and Diversity training is an integral part of the training and education which they receive throughout their careers.</p><p>NATO is still determining the exact force structure of the Very high Readiness Joint Taskforce It is, therefore, too early to comment on the specific UK contribution.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 17/11/2014 16:59:30 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 22768 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

91259

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average time between completing online application forms and successful applicants starting training is for each of the reserve forces.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	208824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>The new Maritime Reserves online application facility went live on 4 June this year. They have received more than 280 applications through this route to date but none of the applicants has yet been allocated to training. For the Royal Auxiliary Air Force, the average times are 109 days for Officer applicants and 134 days for other ranks. <br><br>For members of the Army Reserve who enlisted in August 2014, the average length of time between application and enlistment was 251 days. The Army aims to reduce this timescale considerably and has recently made changes to enable applicants to join the Army Reserve as quickly as possible. These include changes to the medical process; increasing capacity at assessment centres; and simplifying and streamlining applications by removing an interview stage for Reserve soldier candidates. It is the Chief of the General Staff's intention that units should have greater control of the process to minimise unnecessary delay.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 13/10/2014 15:58:43 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 19801 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

90659

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
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 Regular: Reserve Cost Comparison Model.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	208239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/10/2014 answer text <p>The Regular Reserve Cost Comparison was undertaken in 2011 for the Independent Commission to review the United Kingdom's Reserve Forces using the best data available at the time. I refer the right hon. Member to paragraph 97 of their report. However, due to improvements in the way the data is collated and the package offered to Reservists, its findings do not reflect the current position. <br><br>Further work is under way to refine the comparison and I would be happy to write to the right hon. Member to summarise the findings when this work completes.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 06/10/2014 15:22:31 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 19637 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90663

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Reserve
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) new recruits and (b) former regulars entered the Army Reserve in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	208235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>Data relating to the background of entrants into the untrained and trained strength of the Army Reserve Group A is available for 2012-13, 2013-14 and the first quarter of 2014-15, and is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source of Trained and Untrained Army Reserve Group A Intake</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15 (April- June)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Entrants</p></td><td><p>3,765</p></td><td><p>2,720</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From Regular Army</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>345</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From Full Time Reserve Service</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rejoiners from TA/Army Reserve</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>From Officer Trainings Corps or other Service</p></td><td><p>545</p></td><td><p>415</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Group A includes Volunteer Reserves, Mobilised TA, High Readiness Reserves and Officer Training Corps support and training staff, and Officers under training.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 13/10/2014 16:01:46 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 19638 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

77365

registered interest
date	11/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Trident
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of the removal of Trident from Scotland.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Sandra Osborne
uin	205406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government has no plans to move the strategic nuclear deterrent from Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde, and has not considered options for moving the deterrent. Any alternative solution would come at huge cost to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 21/07/2014 16:54:14 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier previous answer version 11733 answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	576 label Biography information for Sandra Osborne