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date	14/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of military personnel serving in the 77th Brigade served in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force before joining that unit; and how many such personnel have not previously served in any branch of the armed forces.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	46420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" rowspan="5"><p> </p></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="5"><p>Of the 297 Regular and Reserve personnel currently serving with 77th Brigade, 11 (4%) personnel are from the Royal Navy, 276 (93%) are from the Army and 10 (3%) are from the Royal Air Force. This includes 18 Special Reserve Officers with niche skills, most of whom do not have previous military service. The remainder of the Regular and Reserve personnel have transferred to 77th Brigade from other units.</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/10/2016 14:45:37 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

583100

registered interest
date	14/09/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	77th Brigade: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits have joined the 77th Brigade as (a) regular and (b) reserve personnel since the formation of that unit in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	46419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2016 answer text <p>The majority of personnel joining 77th Brigade transfer from other Regular or Reserve units and are therefore not recruits. The exception to this is Specialist Reserve Officers (SROs), who are recruited as civilians with niche skills. 44 SROs have been selected since 1 January 2015 of which 18 have completed the recruitment process and are currently on strength.</p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 10/10/2016 14:46:04 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis