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	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

91256

	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	Army Reserve
	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 8 September 2014, UIN 208084, on Army Reserve, what the current size of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers (RARO) is; if he will encourage RARO to join the Army Reserve as part of the plans to increase the strength of the reserve; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
	tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Robertson
	uin	208829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>At 1 April 2014, there were 8,970 members of the Regular Army Reserve of Officers.<br><br>The Army encourages those who are eligible when leaving the Service to consider joining the Army Reserve. This includes an attachment or visit to a Reserve unit to provide awareness of the reserve opportunities in the area where they have chosen to live. Reserve service is also promoted at employment fairs for service leavers, Career Transition Workshops and as part of interviews by Regimental Careers Management Officers.<br><br>Following discharge from the Regular Army, both officers (Captain and below) and soldiers are actively encouraged to join the Army Reserve as part of the annual reporting letter which they receive on the anniversary of their discharge from the Army. This includes advice on the financial incentives available to individuals who may wish to join the Army Reserve including up to £10,000 for ex-regular officers and soldiers who undertake a full reservist commitment of a minimum of 27 days training per annum and the tax-free bounty available to those undertaking a reduced commitment of 19 days annual training.<br><br>Between 1 April 2013 and 30 June 2014, 265 ex-regular officers have joined the trained strength of the Army Reserve.</p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier question first answered 12/09/2014 13:51:45 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
	tabling member	1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson