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	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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 planning data was used to devise his Department's recruitment target for the Army Reserve as part of its Army 2020 reforms.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	200586
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>The term “recruitment target” has been interpreted as the 30,000 trained Army Reservists required under Army 2020.<br><br>During the Three Month Exercise, the Ministry Of Defence examined a range of Force Structure options which were assessed as being able to deliver the policy demand specified by the new Defence Planning Assumptions laid out in Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010. As a result of this, a Senior Military Judgement Panel chaired by the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff and including the Assistant Chiefs of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force concluded that the size of the Regular Army should be 82,500, and the Independent Commission to Review the United Kingdom's Reserve Forces recommended an Army Reserve of 30,000 trained personnel. This was judged to be the optimal size and shape of the Army within available resources.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/06/2014 16:10:50 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 4720 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

61627

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2014
	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 provide details of the current workforce model for the Army Reserve that his Department is using to assess how long it will take to recruit the required number of 30,000 reserves; and when under the current model that target will be met.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	200585
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Statement and paper my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Philip Hammond) placed in the Library of the House on 19 Dec 2013 (Official report, column 124WS).</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/06/2014 16:46:25 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry attachment 1 file name 20131219 - WMS Future Reserves 2020[1].doc title 20131219 Hansard extract
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

90458

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2014
	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, when a decision will be taken on the long-term future of Army Reserve bases which had originally been scheduled to be closed in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	208104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p>The previous Defence Secretary, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), outlined changes to streamline the Army Reserve structure under the Future Reserves 2020 plan on 3 July 2013 (Official Report: Column 49WS). <br><br>The result of this plan was that a number of Army Reserve Centres were identified as surplus to Army requirements and would therefore be closed. Since then plans to pair Reserve units with Regular units have been developed and the Army has undertaken further work to ensure the optimum geographical footprint is in place. This work has taken into account recruiting performance, long term value for money and the delivery of operational capability. As a result of this work some units previously scheduled for closure will now remain open. Others may also remain open, subject to significantly improved recruiting performance before 2016. Members affected by these changes will be notified at the time and I intend to keep Parliament updated on these changes on an annual basis.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 10/09/2014 13:17:56 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier attachment 1 file name Defence.doc WMS 3 July 2013.doc title WMS Extract Army Reserve 3 July 2013
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones