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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

90641

	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, what the strength of the Regular Army A Reserve was in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	208241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not recognise some of the specific terms used in these questions.</p><p>The Army Regular Reserve comprises ex-Regular Other Ranks and Officers who retain a liability to be called up for military service after they leave service. Other Ranks who have voluntarily left the Army with less than 18 years service retain a Reserve liability for up to six years or until they reach the 18 year point. The Army Regular Reserve also includes personnel who have applied to return to military service on fixed term reserve contracts. These include some mobilised and High Readiness Reserves, Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitments. Officers retain a reserve liability until they are in receipt of their pension.</p><p>The Long Term Reserve consists of ex Regular Other Ranks who have completed their reserve liability or have no reserve liability on discharge but who can be recalled for service under Section 68 of the Reserve Forces Act. This would only happen under circumstances where national danger is imminent, an emergency has arisen or in the event of an attack on the United Kingdom. The Long Term Reserve liability includes the Regular Reserve liability and remains to age 55 or up to 18 years after leaving service, whichever is earlier.</p><p>The table provides the strengths of the Army Regular Reserve and Long Term Reserve. These figures are collated from internal Army manning data and are not classed as a national statistic.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>April 2011</td><td>April 2012</td><td>April 2013</td><td>February 2014</td></tr><tr><td>Regular Army Reserve – Officer &amp; Other Ranks with Reserve Liability</td><td>33,583</td><td>33,754</td><td>34,670</td><td>34,735</td></tr><tr><td>Regular Army Reserve – Other Ranks Long Term Reserve</td><td>19,715</td><td>25,699</td><td>30,987</td><td>35,446</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 208236 208237 question first answered 11/09/2014 15:07:30 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90650

	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 Army Reserves were in training in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	208245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>Data is only available from 2012-13 onwards. The average numbers of Army Reserve recruits under training for 2012-13 and 2013-14 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td>Training Year</td><td>Average Numbers in Training</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>6,030</td></tr><tr><td>2013-14</td><td>4,540</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Figures provided reflect the average number of Army Reservists holding training positions prior to entering the trained strength. The reduction in numbers in training in 2013-14 is due to a more efficient training system, meaning that recruits complete training more quickly, as well as a data cleansing exercise that was undertaken to remove those who were no longer on strength but were still nominally occupying training positions.<br><br>Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 10/09/2014 13:12:39 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90660

	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, what the strength of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers was in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	208240
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The strength of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers at 1 April each year has been published by Defence Statistics since 2012. The information is available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-reserve-forces-and-cadets-strengths-2014.<br><br>The totals are as follows:<br><br><br>Year Total <br>2012 9,020 <br>2013 9,200 <br>2014 8,970</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 11/09/2014 15:08:35 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90661

	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 army pensioners have been recalled to service under Section 52 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 since 1997.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	208238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>No Army Pensioners have been recalled to service since 1997 under Section 52 of the Reserve Forces Act (call out for National danger, great emergency or attack on the UK).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 10/09/2014 13:18:35 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90662

	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 Army Reserve recruits (a) passed and (b) failed (i) Phase One and (ii) Phase Two training in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	208234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of Army Reserve recruits who passed and failed Phase 1 and Phase 2 initial training phases between 2010-11 and 2013-14 are as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Phase 1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Phase 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pass</p></td><td><p>Fail</p></td><td><p>Pass</p></td><td><p>Fail</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>970</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>770</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>830</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>670</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>160</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Failures include those who do not complete a training course due to their own volition, through injury or for compassionate reasons. A recruit may fail a course and then go on to pass a further course in the same year. Additionally a recruit may fail a course more than once in any reporting period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in five are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 10/09/2014 13:22:47 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90664

	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, what the strength of the Regular Army Section Reserve was in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	208236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not recognise some of the specific terms used in these questions.</p><p>The Army Regular Reserve comprises ex-Regular Other Ranks and Officers who retain a liability to be called up for military service after they leave service. Other Ranks who have voluntarily left the Army with less than 18 years service retain a Reserve liability for up to six years or until they reach the 18 year point. The Army Regular Reserve also includes personnel who have applied to return to military service on fixed term reserve contracts. These include some mobilised and High Readiness Reserves, Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitments. Officers retain a reserve liability until they are in receipt of their pension.</p><p>The Long Term Reserve consists of ex Regular Other Ranks who have completed their reserve liability or have no reserve liability on discharge but who can be recalled for service under Section 68 of the Reserve Forces Act. This would only happen under circumstances where national danger is imminent, an emergency has arisen or in the event of an attack on the United Kingdom. The Long Term Reserve liability includes the Regular Reserve liability and remains to age 55 or up to 18 years after leaving service, whichever is earlier.</p><p>The table provides the strengths of the Army Regular Reserve and Long Term Reserve. These figures are collated from internal Army manning data and are not classed as a national statistic.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>April 2011</td><td>April 2012</td><td>April 2013</td><td>February 2014</td></tr><tr><td>Regular Army Reserve – Officer &amp; Other Ranks with Reserve Liability</td><td>33,583</td><td>33,754</td><td>34,670</td><td>34,735</td></tr><tr><td>Regular Army Reserve – Other Ranks Long Term Reserve</td><td>19,715</td><td>25,699</td><td>30,987</td><td>35,446</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 208237 208241 question first answered 11/09/2014 15:07:30 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90665

	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, what the strength of the Long Term Reserve was in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
	tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
	uin	208237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence does not recognise some of the specific terms used in these questions.</p><p>The Army Regular Reserve comprises ex-Regular Other Ranks and Officers who retain a liability to be called up for military service after they leave service. Other Ranks who have voluntarily left the Army with less than 18 years service retain a Reserve liability for up to six years or until they reach the 18 year point. The Army Regular Reserve also includes personnel who have applied to return to military service on fixed term reserve contracts. These include some mobilised and High Readiness Reserves, Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitments. Officers retain a reserve liability until they are in receipt of their pension.</p><p>The Long Term Reserve consists of ex Regular Other Ranks who have completed their reserve liability or have no reserve liability on discharge but who can be recalled for service under Section 68 of the Reserve Forces Act. This would only happen under circumstances where national danger is imminent, an emergency has arisen or in the event of an attack on the United Kingdom. The Long Term Reserve liability includes the Regular Reserve liability and remains to age 55 or up to 18 years after leaving service, whichever is earlier.</p><p>The table provides the strengths of the Army Regular Reserve and Long Term Reserve. These figures are collated from internal Army manning data and are not classed as a national statistic.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td>April 2011</td><td>April 2012</td><td>April 2013</td><td>February 2014</td></tr><tr><td>Regular Army Reserve – Officer &amp; Other Ranks with Reserve Liability</td><td>33,583</td><td>33,754</td><td>34,670</td><td>34,735</td></tr><tr><td>Regular Army Reserve – Other Ranks Long Term Reserve</td><td>19,715</td><td>25,699</td><td>30,987</td><td>35,446</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 208236 208241 question first answered 11/09/2014 15:07:30 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching