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	registered interest
	date	26/04/2017
	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 total savings to the public purse of reductions in the number of Army personnel since the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	71999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2017 answer text <p><B>The House of Commons was prorogued before the earliest date of answer for this Question.</B></p> answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered 02/05/2017 10:00:00 answering member 0
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

78144

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2014
	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, how many service personnel of each rank there were in the Army in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	206087
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/08/2014 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="7"><p>UK Regular Royal Navy//Royal Marines Personnel, by rank as at 1 April each year</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td><td><p>38,730</p></td><td><p>37,660</p></td><td><p>35,540</p></td><td><p>33,960</p></td><td><p>33,330</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>7,460</p></td><td><p>7,410</p></td><td><p>7,190</p></td><td><p>6,940</p></td><td><p>6,800</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Admiral (RN) / General (RM)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Vice Admiral (RN) / Lt General (RM)</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Rear Admiral (RN) / Maj General (RM)</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Commodore (RN) / Brigadier (RM)</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Captain (RN) / Colonel (RM)</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Commander (RN) / Lt Colonel (RM)</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>1,020</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Lt Commander (RN) / Major (RM)</p></td><td><p>2,260</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td><td><p>2,100</p></td><td><p>2,040</p></td><td><p>2,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Lieutenant (RN) or Captain (RM)</p></td><td><p>2,890</p></td><td><p>2,860</p></td><td><p>2,870</p></td><td><p>2,770</p></td><td><p>2,670</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Sub-Lt / Midshipman (RN) or Lieutenant / 2<sup>nd</sup> Lieutenant (RM)</p></td><td><p>750</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>710</p></td><td><p>720</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>31,270</p></td><td><p>30,240</p></td><td><p>28,350</p></td><td><p>27,020</p></td><td><p>26,530</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Warrant Officer 1</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Warrant Officer 2</p></td><td><p>790</p></td><td><p>800</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>670</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Chief Petty Officer (RN) / Colour Sergeant (RM)</p></td><td><p>3,940</p></td><td><p>3,800</p></td><td><p>3,530</p></td><td><p>3,300</p></td><td><p>3,090</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Petty Officer (RN) / Sergeant (RM)</p></td><td><p>4,600</p></td><td><p>4,460</p></td><td><p>4,200</p></td><td><p>3,880</p></td><td><p>3,650</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Leading Rate (RN) / Corporal (RM)</p></td><td><p>6,220</p></td><td><p>6,270</p></td><td><p>6,020</p></td><td><p>5,750</p></td><td><p>5,650</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Lance Corporal (RM)</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Able Rate (RN)</p></td><td><p>14,380</p></td><td><p>13,640</p></td><td><p>12,560</p></td><td><p>12,120</p></td><td><p>12,140</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>UK Regular Army Personnel, by rank as at 1 April each year</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td><td><p>108,920</p></td><td><p>106,240</p></td><td><p>104,250</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>99,730</p></td><td><p>91,070</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>14,640</p></td><td><p>14,760</p></td><td><p>14,480</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>13,890</p></td><td><p>13,200</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>General</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Lt General</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Maj General</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>44</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Brigadier</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>150</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Colonel</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>580</p></td><td><p>530</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>530</p></td><td><p>520</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Lt Colonel</p></td><td><p>1,770</p></td><td><p>1,780</p></td><td><p>1,760</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,690</p></td><td><p>1,670</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Major</p></td><td><p>4,700</p></td><td><p>4,700</p></td><td><p>4,520</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4,340</p></td><td><p>4,150</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Captain</p></td><td><p>4 940</p></td><td><p>5 040</p></td><td><p>5 030</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>4 770</p></td><td><p>4 490</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Lieutenant / 2<sup>nd</sup> Lieutenant / Officer Cadet</p></td><td><p>2,390</p></td><td><p>2,440</p></td><td><p>2,410</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,340</p></td><td><p>2,160</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>94,280</p></td><td><p>91,480</p></td><td><p>89,780</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>85,840</p></td><td><p>77,860</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Warrant Officer 1</p></td><td><p>1,700</p></td><td><p>1,620</p></td><td><p>1,490</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,390</p></td><td><p>1,340</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Warrant Officer 2</p></td><td><p>4,790</p></td><td><p>4,500</p></td><td><p>4,320</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,990</p></td><td><p>3,730</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Staff Sergeant</p></td><td><p>6,030</p></td><td><p>5,950</p></td><td><p>5,790</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,700</p></td><td><p>5,280</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Sergeant</p></td><td><p>10,170</p></td><td><p>10,090</p></td><td><p>9,760</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9,270</p></td><td><p>8,230</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Corporal</p></td><td><p>15,450</p></td><td><p>15,330</p></td><td><p>14,990</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>14,420</p></td><td><p>13,520</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Lance Corporal</p></td><td><p>15,960</p></td><td><p>16,200</p></td><td><p>16,050</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>15,190</p></td><td><p>14,030</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Private</p></td><td><p>40,180</p></td><td><p>37,800</p></td><td><p>37,380</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>35,880</p></td><td><p>31,730</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>UK Regular RAF Personnel, by rank as at 1 April each year</p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Total</p></td><td><p>44,050</p></td><td><p>42,460</p></td><td><p>40,000</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>37,030</p></td><td><p>35,230</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>9,820</p></td><td><p>9,660</p></td><td><p>9,030</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8,230</p></td><td><p>7,850</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Air Chief Marshal</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Air Marshal</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Air Vice-Marshal</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>23</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Air Commodore</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Group Captain</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>330</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>300</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Wing Commander</p></td><td><p>1,210</p></td><td><p>1,180</p></td><td><p>1,100</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,040</p></td><td><p>1,020</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Squadron Leader</p></td><td><p>2,570</p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td><td><p>2,430</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,260</p></td><td><p>2,200</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Flight Lieutenant</p></td><td><p>4,080</p></td><td><p>4,180</p></td><td><p>4,130</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>3,890</p></td><td><p>3,560</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Flying Officer / Pilot Officer / Acting Pilot Officer</p></td><td><p>1,510</p></td><td><p>1,300</p></td><td><p>940</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>630</p></td><td><p>650</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>34,230</p></td><td><p>32,810</p></td><td><p>30,970</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>28,790</p></td><td><p>27,380</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Master Aircrew</p></td><td><p>1 200</p></td><td><p>1 130</p></td><td><p>1 060</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>980</p></td><td><p>970</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Warrant Officer</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>*</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Flight Sergeant / Chief Technician</p></td><td><p>3,200</p></td><td><p>3,130</p></td><td><p>2,910</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,720</p></td><td><p>2,540</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Sergeant</p></td><td><p>6,310</p></td><td><p>6,140</p></td><td><p>5,760</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,500</p></td><td><p>5,210</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Corporal</p></td><td><p>8,440</p></td><td><p>8,250</p></td><td><p>7,880</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>7,370</p></td><td><p>7,000</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Lance Corporal</p></td><td><p>*</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>220</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>Senior Aircraftman/woman / Leading Aircraftman/woman / Aircraftman / woman</p></td><td><p>15,080</p></td><td><p>14,020</p></td><td><p>13,150</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>12,010</p></td><td><p>11,470</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Note:</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p> </p><p>All data provided by Defence Statistics</p><p> </p><p>1. UK Regular Forces includes trained and untrained personnel and excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p> </p><p>2. When rounding, totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. &quot;*&quot; denotes not applicable.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 206086 206088 question first answered 13/08/2014 10:04:36 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

794258

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2017
	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, how many (a) officers and (b) soldiers there were in the British Army in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	115231
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2017 answer text <p>The officer and soldier strengths of the Army at 1 April for each year since 2000 are shown below:</p><p> </p><p>Army Full Time Strength</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>Soldiers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>14,130</p></td><td><p>100,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>14,320</p></td><td><p>99,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>14,550</p></td><td><p>100,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>14,940</p></td><td><p>102,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>15,180</p></td><td><p>102,030</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>15,040</p></td><td><p>98,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>15,130</p></td><td><p>96,750</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>15,100</p></td><td><p>95,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>15,090</p></td><td><p>94,620</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>14,930</p></td><td><p>96,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>15,020</p></td><td><p>98,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>15,020</p></td><td><p>95,460</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>14,660</p></td><td><p>93,560</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>14,060</p></td><td><p>89,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>13,360</p></td><td><p>80,840</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>13,000</p></td><td><p>77,020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>12,790</p></td><td><p>75,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>12,910</p></td><td><p>73,870</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Future Reserves 2020 Strength</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Officers</p></td><td><p>Soldiers</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>21,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4,300</p></td><td><p>20,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4,350</p></td><td><p>19,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4,490</p></td><td><p>20,940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4,840</p></td><td><p>23,830</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>5,100</p></td><td><p>24,840</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Numbers are for trained and untrained personnel and have been produced by Defence Statistics.</p><ol start="2"><li>Full time strength in the above tables includes the trained element which contributes to the liability. e.g. it includes Gurkhas but it excludes Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) Home Commitment (HC) and those FTRS serving on Operational Commitment Establishment (Reserve). As such these may differ from published statistics.</li></ol><p>3. The Future Reserves 2020 population consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS(HC) contracts who were previously Army Reservists. Ministry of Defence does not hold Future Reserves 2020 population data pre – 2012.</p><p>4. Figures have been rounded to 10, numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 04/12/2017 17:04:56 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 26546 answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1545067

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2022
	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 the average career length is for an infantry soldier who joins aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 or above, including time spent in training.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	94700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2022 answer text <p>The average career length on outflow for Trade Trained Regular Army infantry soldiers who join aged 18 and under is nine years. For those who join aged 18 and above, the average career length is seven years. These figures have been rounded to the nearest completed year and are subject to available data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 28/11/2022 16:45:22 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1627685

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2023
	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 recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the size of the full-time British Army to 73,000 soldiers; and which regiments will be affected by this policy.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	185055
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is reviewing whether it is now right to reduce the Regular Army to 73,000, as planned under Future Soldier. That process is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>Through an adaptive approach, personnel numbers and force design are determined to ensure Defence remains threat-led and the Armed Forces remain ready to deter and defend the nation should they be called upon to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Any specific policy changes or updates required related to defence capability and force design will be determined once the update to the Defence Command Paper has concluded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 185056 question first answered 18/05/2023 10:01:58 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1627686

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2023
	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 make an assessment of the potential impact of his policy on reducing the size of the full-time British Army to 73,000 soldiers on its ability to respond to global threats.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	185056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is reviewing whether it is now right to reduce the Regular Army to 73,000, as planned under Future Soldier. That process is ongoing.</p><p> </p><p>Through an adaptive approach, personnel numbers and force design are determined to ensure Defence remains threat-led and the Armed Forces remain ready to deter and defend the nation should they be called upon to do so.</p><p> </p><p>Any specific policy changes or updates required related to defence capability and force design will be determined once the update to the Defence Command Paper has concluded.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 185055 question first answered 18/05/2023 10:01:58 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1665413

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2023
	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 the planned personnel strength of the British Army in the next five years is.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	uin	202929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2023 answer text <p>As confirmed in the refresh of the Defence Command Paper, the Army is adjusting to its planned strength of 73,000 until 2025. This will then remain the Army’s indicative planned strength for the next five years.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 23/10/2023 13:52:58 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1683322

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2024
	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, how many Army personnel there have been on average in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	10473
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2024 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>British Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Navy and Royal Marines</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>109,600</p></td><td><p>42,800</p></td><td><p>54,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>109,200</p></td><td><p>42,100</p></td><td><p>53,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>110,100</p></td><td><p>42,600</p></td><td><p>52,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>112,000</p></td><td><p>41,400</p></td><td><p>53,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>112,100</p></td><td><p>40,700</p></td><td><p>53,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>108,800</p></td><td><p>39,800</p></td><td><p>51,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>107,200</p></td><td><p>39,200</p></td><td><p>47,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>105,900</p></td><td><p>38,800</p></td><td><p>45,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>104,610</p></td><td><p>38,410</p></td><td><p>43,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>106,890</p></td><td><p>38,350</p></td><td><p>43,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>107,740</p></td><td><p>38,650</p></td><td><p>43,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>105,940</p></td><td><p>37,480</p></td><td><p>42,230</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>103,820</p></td><td><p>35,500</p></td><td><p>39,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>98,630</p></td><td><p>33,860</p></td><td><p>36,690</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>90,390</p></td><td><p>33,160</p></td><td><p>35,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>85,590</p></td><td><p>32,670</p></td><td><p>33,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>84,700</p></td><td><p>32,480</p></td><td><p>33,410</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>83,000</p></td><td><p>32,470</p></td><td><p>33,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>80,590</p></td><td><p>32,460</p></td><td><p>32,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>78,800</p></td><td><p>32,500</p></td><td><p>32,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>79,290</p></td><td><p>32,960</p></td><td><p>32,860</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>81,720</p></td><td><p>33,890</p></td><td><p>33,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>80,060</p></td><td><p>33,750</p></td><td><p>33,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>76,950</p></td><td><p>32,590</p></td><td><p>31,940</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats</p><p> </p><ol><li>The Average Strength of the UK Regular Forces was calculated on a yearly basis by taking the mean of the corresponding strengths reported on a quarterly basis - e.g for the year 2010, the average was calculated from the strengths as at 1 Jan 2010, 1 Apr 2010, 1 Jul 2010 and 1 Oct 2010.</li><li>UK Regulars comprise full time Service Personnel, including Nursing Services, but excluding Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel, Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Non Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS), High Readiness Reserve (HRR) and Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI) personnel. Unless otherwise stated, figures include trained and untrained personnel.</li><li>Due to the lack of data available for the 1 Jan 2000 strengths, the strengths were estimated via linear interpolation between the known strengths as at 1 Apr 1999 and 1 Apr 2000. Essentially we assume the strengths change linearly from 1 Apr 1999 to 1 Apr 2000, to estimate the strength as at 1 Jan 2000. As such the averages calculated for the year 2000 include an estimated figure, making the calculated average an estimate.</li><li>UK Regular Forces strength figures used in the Average Strength calculations in the period 1 Apr 1999 - 1 Jan 2007 (apart from the 1 Jan 2000 strength discussed in caveat 3) were taken from historic &quot;UK Armed Forces Quarterly Press Releases&quot; which can be accessed here: <a href="https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140116145335/http:/www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report" target="_blank">https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140116145335/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/quarterly-personnel-report</a></li><li>UK Regular Forces strength figures used in the Average Strength calculations in the period 1 Apr 1999 – 1 Oct 2023 were taken from the Joint Personnel Administration system (JPA).</li><li>The Average Strength in the year 2000 has been rounded to the nearest 100 to reflect the fact that an estimate was used in the calculations (see caveat 3).</li><li>Figures from the years 2001 - 2007 have been rounded to the nearest 100. This is due to rounded figures being used to calculate the Average Strengths.</li><li>Figures from the year 2008 onwards have been rounded to the nearest 10 in line with disclosure control policy. Figures ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systematic bias.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 10474 10475 question first answered 25/01/2024 15:41:15 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1669036

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	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, with reference to page 12 of the Land Industrial Strategy, what his planned timetable is for publishing a comprehensive 20-year investment plan for land capabilities.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	1042
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>As outlined in the Land Industrial Strategy, the Army is committed to ensuring industry is kept up to date on the Army’s approach to its strategic balance of investment, with a brief just taking place on 15 November and the next brief scheduled for November 2023 and January 2024. These routine updates will continue to ensure our industry partners understand any changes resulting from departmental budget and planning cycles.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 20/11/2023 11:30:33 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1180893

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2020
	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, whether he plans to maintain the size of the British Army throughout the 2019 Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	21186
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government will undertake an integrated review of Britain's security, defence and foreign policy. This will examine how we strengthen and prioritise our alliances, diplomacy and development and will consider all aspects of our defence and security capabilities. A key strand of the review will explore how we modernise the equipment and improve the capability of our world-class Armed Forces, including that of the British Army.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 02/03/2020 16:33:25 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith