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	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

1470768

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	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, how many (a) infantry, (b) artillery, (c) armoured and (d) support battalions there were in the British Army as of 15 June 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
	tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
	uin	18829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number of Battalions/Regiments</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>Reserve</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Artillery</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armoured</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Support</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>Support regiments and battalions are made up of Royal Engineers, Royal Signals, Army Air Corps, Royal Logistics Corps, Royal Army Medical Corps, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and the Intelligence Corps.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Units without an operational output have been excluded. For example, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland which perform a purely ceremonial function, and training regiments such as 2 (Training) Regiment, Army Air Corps.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>Army regiments/battalions in other TLBs, for example UK Strategic Command, have been included.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4"><li>This data is a single Service estimate and is not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 21/06/2022 13:02:35 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

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 Lord Beamish

57817

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	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 soldiers who enlisted in the Army aged (a) under 18 and (b) 18 years and above dropped out before completing phase two training in the last 10 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	198851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>‘Enlistment' has been interpreted as those who joined the untrained strength, for example those that begin Phase 1 training. Totals for the period between 1 April 2004 and 31 March 2014 are shown below:<br><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td>Age on Entry</td><td>Untrained Strength</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Intake Outflow</td></tr><tr><td>Under 18</td><td>35,190 12,300</td></tr><tr><td>18 and over</td><td>64,950 17,250</td></tr><tr><td>Unknown</td><td>430 430</td></tr><tr><td>Total</td><td>100,570 29,980</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Source: Defence Statistics (Army). <br><br>Personnel may leave the Army for a number of reasons, including medical and fitness factors, disciplinary reasons, or voluntary withdrawal. Those who join-up under 18 years of age have a statutory right to discharge from the Armed Forces within six months if they feel they are unsuited to service life. <br><br>The figures in the table exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves.<br><br>Where an individual's entry date is blank on the records, the age on entry has not been able to be calculated and is shown as ‘unknown'. <br><br>Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in ‘5' have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not be the sum of their parts.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 12/06/2014 16:57:35 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

390241

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2015
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2015 to Question 1249, whether his Department has targets for army strength for each year up to 2020.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	7353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2015 answer text <p>Yes. The target for the size of the Army for each year up to 2020 is around 82,000.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 20/07/2015 15:45:56 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

1657982

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2023
	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, whether it remains his Department's policy to reduce the full time strength of the British Army to 73,000 by 2025.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	197344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2023 answer text <p>Yes. The Army is continuing to implement Future Soldier which will see a whole force of over 100,000 comprising of 73,000 Regular Service Personnel and 30,100 Army Reserve.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 07/09/2023 13:40:22 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1654432

	registered interest
	date	19/07/2023
	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 Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world, published on 18 July 2023, CP 901, whether it remains his policy to field a modern warfighting division by 2030.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	194982
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2023 answer text <p>Yes. I refer the right hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 4 July 2023, tom Question 191023.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 04/09/2023 13:06:53 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1304704

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2021
	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 the number of full-time army personnel is planned to be higher than that of US Special Operations Command.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	172899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>Yes. As the Defence Secretary said in the House on Monday 22 March, the future regular trained strength of the British Army will be 72,500. USSOCOM develops and employs multi-domain capability with a personnel count of nearly 70,000 consisting of military (regular and reserve) and civilian staff. Direct comparisons do not truly reflect the different purpose and value provided by the two forces.</p><p>In an era of robotics and artificial intelligence, we need to stop thinking about the strength of the Army simply in terms of numbers and focus on how best it can achieve what we ask of it. The Army will be leaner, lighter, faster to respond and more effectively matched to current and future threats. It will be integrated across domains, with allies in NATO, and beyond. It will be ever more globally engaged, with an increasing number of soldiers supporting Special Operations and amplifying the performance of partner forces.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 29/03/2021 12:20:35 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Lord Beamish

577932

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the government of the USA has made representations to them about the manpower reductions in the British army.
	tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
	uin	HL1679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2016 answer text <p>Whilst changes in the British Army have been discussed during regular meetings between UK and US officials, no formal representations of this nature have been made by the US Government.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 14/09/2016 16:39:26 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

749348

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2017
	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 his policy is on the size of the British Army; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	3380
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>We will maintain the overall size of the Armed Forces, including an Army that is capable of fielding a war-fighting division.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/07/2017 12:55:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins