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1151121

registered interest
date	21/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of new recruits to the armed forces came from the North East of England in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	2885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the following table:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Proportion of North East of England Intake to the Untrained Regular Armed Forces, by Financial Year and Service</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Navy/Royal Marines</strong></p></td><td><p>6.5%</p></td><td><p>7.8%</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>5.7%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p>5.3%</p></td><td><p>7.1%</p></td><td><p>6.7%</p></td><td><p>5.7%</p></td><td><p>5.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force</strong></p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td><td><p>5.9%</p></td><td><p>7.0%</p></td><td><p>6.8%</p></td><td><p>6.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) UK Regulars are full-time Service personnel, including Nursing Services and, excluding FTRS personnel, Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guarding Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), and Non-Regular Permanent Service (NRPS).</p><p>2) Figures include both Officers and Other Ranks.</p><p>3) Region has been identified from Contact Postcode as recorded in the Defence Recruitment System (DRS).</p><p>4) Total includes personnel who do not have a full UK postcode recorded in DRS and those that have a service record that cannot be cross-referenced to DRS.</p><p>5) 2018-19 statistics are not yet available for the Army, and so the latest available figures have been provided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 24/10/2019 14:26:06 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1149267

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his policy to increase (a) female personnel to 15 per cent of intake and (b) Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic personnel to at least 10 percent of total intake by 2020.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Defence Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, published in October 2018, is based on achieving a vision that reflects our recognition that the recruitment, and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to Defence and wider society.</p><p>The Armed Forces continue to work towards targets of 10 per cent of recruits to come from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds and 15 percent to be women by 2020.</p><p>Work to increase representation in the Armed Forces includes better understanding and greater engagement with these communities, reviewing recruitment processes; and better targeted marketing and communications towards potential applicants.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/10/2019 11:01:28 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1149853

registered interest
date	15/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's progress on meeting armed forces recruitment targets.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	900006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>I refer the right Hon. Member to the answer I gave earlier today to the Members for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Andrew Jones), Harlow (Robert Halfon), Chelmsford (Vicky Ford), Poole (Robert Syms) and Clacton (Giles Watling).</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/10/2019 16:42:26 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1148035

registered interest
date	02/10/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to recruit and retain service personnel.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Mr Jonathan Lord
uin	293561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to maintaining the overall size of the Armed Forces. The Armed Forces continue to meet all their current commitments, keeping the country and its interests safe. They are fully funded to meet their target strength and we continue to increase funding to Defence year on year.</p><p>The Armed Forces have active and targeted recruitment campaigns which are proving effective; intake to the UK Regular Armed Forces was 13,520 in the 12 months to 1 July 2019, an increase of 13.4% compared with the same period in 2018.</p><p>Outflow from the Regular Armed Forces was 14,880 in the 12 months to July 2019, remaining constant with the same period last year. However, we are not complacent; we closely monitor the impact of Service life on individuals, particularly in areas where there are shortages. Each Service has developed plans to manage this and the proportion of personnel who breach their Service harmony guidelines has reduced across all Services and ranks for the last five years, reflecting the innovative approaches and pro-active management of this issue.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 08/10/2019 12:47:11 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

1128352

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
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 2 April 2019 to Question 239921 on Armed Forces: Recruitment, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire with the information on the number of recruitment applications declined on medical grounds.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	257482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>I apologise to the hon. Member for the time taken to respond to his Question 239921.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows how many recruitment applications for the Regular Armed Forces were declined after being classified Permanently Medically Unfit in the last five financial years.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2018-19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>14,729</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>16,937</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20,573</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>22,516</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>23,043</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Although the medical rejection figures have risen each year, the amount of applications over the five-year period has also increased significantly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/06/2019 15:11:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract UIN 239921.docx title Armed Forces Recruitment
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1128356

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the medical conditions that trigger automatic rejection for recruitment applications to the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	257486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Medical conditions that are an absolute bar to Service entry are set-out in the Joint Service Manual of Medical Fitness (JSMMF). A copy has been placed in the Library of the House.</p><p>The JSMMF is updated periodically. The next version will be published in June and placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 04/06/2019 15:09:52 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20180924-JSP_950_Part_1_Lft_6-7-7_(V1.4 Sep 18)-O.pdf title Joint Service Manual of Medical Fitness
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1124932

registered interest
date	07/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps she is taking to increase recruitment to the armed forces from rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	251335
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Armed Forces recruit nationally. The geographic footprint of Armed Forces Career Offices across the UK is complemented by dedicated call centres and online recruiting operations, ensuring that members of rural or isolated communities have the same opportunity to join the Armed Forces as anyone else. In addition, the Services conduct outreach engagement programmes across the whole of the UK, delivering events such as career fairs, tactical campaigns and roadshows, supported by web-based information services and social media campaigns.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 13/05/2019 16:01:38 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1109023

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruitment applications to the Armed Forces were declined on medical grounds in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	239921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>This information is taking some time to compile, and I will write to the hon. Member when the information is available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 10/04/2019 16:39:30 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

1055306

registered interest
date	05/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of their annual recruitment target for regular personnel in 2018-19 has so far been achieved by (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Army, (c) the Royal Air Force and (d) the Royal Marines.
tabling member constituency	Rayleigh and Wickford
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Francois
uin	216982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The recruitment figures for financial year (FY) 2018-19 up to 1 October 2018 have been published and can be found at Excel Table 4A of the UK Armed Forces Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2018</a>. Updated official statistics for performance as of 1 January 2019 will be published on 21 February 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The percentage of recruitment achieved against FY 2018-19 targets up to 1 October 2018 is:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FY 2018-19 (to 1 October 2018)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy – Officers</p></td><td><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Navy – Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>38%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army – Officers</p></td><td><p>77%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army – Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force – Officers</p></td><td><p>85%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Air Force – Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>71%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Marines – Officers</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Marines – Other Ranks</p></td><td><p>27%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Ministry of Defence remains committed to maintaining the overall size of the Armed Forces and we have a range of measures under way to improve recruitment and retention. The challenge is kept under constant review.</p><p>Importantly the Services continue to meet all their current commitments, keeping the country and its interests safe.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 08/02/2019 13:53:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois

1035311

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve recruitment in the Armed Forces.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	205263
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <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><ul><li>The Royal Navy/Royal Marines have the Personnel Recovery and Growth 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).</li></ul><ul><li>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. The lifting of the exclusion for women serving in Ground Close Combat roles highlights the commitment to offering maximum opportunity for all.</li></ul><ul><li>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.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 14/01/2019 17:01:31 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies