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<br /><p>The requested information is provided in the following table:</p><br /><br
/><p><strong>Future Reserve 2020 Volunteer Reserve Strength Retention – Tri-Service</strong></p><br
/><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year (FY)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Strength
at beginning of FY</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Retained strength at end of FY
of those people</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Retained (%)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13
(Army Reserve only)</p></td><td><p>25,980</p></td><td><p>21,730</p></td><td><p>83.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>29,390</p></td><td><p>24,460</p></td><td><p>83.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>28,150</p></td><td><p>24,430</p></td><td><p>86.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br
/><p>Notes:</p><ol><li>Retention rates have been calculated using a cohort of personnel
on strength as at 1 April each year and checking whether each is on strength at each
subsequent April point. Personnel who have left and rejoined during these periods
will be counted as retained.</li></ol><br /><ol start="2"><li>Centrally held data
dates back to April 2012 for the Army Reserve and October 2012 for the Maritime Reserve
and Royal Air Force Reserves. As a result of this Army Reserve retention statistics
have been provided for those on strength as at 1 April 2012 and Future Reserve 2020
Volunteer Reserve statistics have been provided for subsequent years.</li></ol><br
/><ol start="3"><li>The FR20 Volunteer Reserve population includes mobilised volunteer
reserves, High Readiness Reserves (HRR) and those volunteer reserves serving on Full
Time Reserve Service (FTRS) and Additional Duties Commitments (ADC). Non Regular Permanent
Staff (NRPS), Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI), Sponsored Reserves and University
Officer Cadets are excluded.</li></ol><br /><ol start="4"><li>Figures have been rounded
to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple
of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li></ol><br /><ol start="5"><li>Percentages are
calculated from unrounded data and are reported to 1 decimal place.</li></ol><br /><br
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