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<p>We are committed to maintaining the overall size of the Armed Forces. The Services
are meeting all their current commitments. To help address Armed Forces manning challenges
the Ministry of Defence has introduced its Armed Forces People Programme to modernise
the employment offer including scope for flexible working and a new Forces' Accommodation
Model. The individual Services have also implemented a wide range of programmes including:</p><p>The
Royal Navy/Royal Marines have the Personnel Recovery Programme which includes initiatives
to improve inflow (gains to trained strength); throughflow (changes to training pipelines,
promotions and accelerated throughput); and outflow (improving retention and reducing
voluntary outflow).</p><p>The Army is implementing improvements to recruitment and
training policy and practices; targeted financial retention incentives; and a strategy
to attract personnel to re-join the Army.</p><p>The RAF has established Enterprise
Collaboration Teams to oversee a range of recruitment initiatives for critical skills
groups, including the appointments of Specialist Recruitment Teams for hard to recruit
branches and trades, BAME and female personnel. A new initiative has also been introduced
to encourage personnel to re-join the Service.</p>
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