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1718593

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date	15/05/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that more people from minority faith groups are recruited and retained by the UK armed forces.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Lichfield
uin	HL4694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Defence is dedicated to recruiting and retaining the best talent, drawn from the broadest diversity of thought, skills, and background, to reflect the society we serve.</p><p>In addition to the various informal Defence staff networks that reflect faith and beliefs, the Armed Forces Chaplaincy is evolving to increase the proportion of minority faith chaplains, as well as non-religious pastoral officers to support Service personnel.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 23/05/2024 15:21:37 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	4954 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Lichfield

1717400

registered interest
date	13/05/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what are the current arrangements for the assessment of literacy and numeracy competence at the first stage of recruitment into any branch of the armed forces; what provision exists for adult education for (1) literacy, (2) numeracy, and (3) broader educational purposes, after the first two stages of the recruitment process; and what specialist and current expertise exists to assist senior officers in their responsibility to deliver professional and educational support.
tabling member printed	Lord Blunkett
uin	HL4565
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2024 answer text <p>The Armed Forces conduct a range of eligibility checks and assessments within recruitment pipelines, and these include the requirement for candidates to have minimum educational qualifications for entry into the Armed Forces. The single Services set their own minimum educational entry standards, and these are specific to the individual requirements of employment groups. Minimum educational qualifications for entry are regularly reviewed and amended to reflect the most up to date requirements of employment groups.</p><p> </p><p>Following initial training, 95% of enlisted personnel are enrolled onto apprenticeships, which require Functional Skills standards. We support all Service personnel up to Level 2 Functional Skills English and Maths and provide further additional support for those with Specific Learning Differences. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) also promotes lifelong learning among members of the Armed Forces, using the Elective Education Schemes to gain higher level qualifications. MOD, and each of the Armed Forces, have specialist education and training policy teams to assist senior officers.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 21/05/2024 14:51:23 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	395 label Biography information for Lord Blunkett

1699237

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what action they propose to take to reduce the approximately 71 per cent of candidates who drop out of the application process for the Armed Forces, and whether the primary cause of such drop outs is the slow process of recruitment.
tabling member printed	Lord Naseby
uin	HL3627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2024 answer text <p>Recruitment and retention are absolute priorities and we have introduced a range of measures to respond to the current recruitment challenge, which is affecting many other militaries across the world. While it does take time to recruit the right people to our Armed Forces, we have sped up Army recruitment by 9% in the last year, and the majority of regular soldiers join in less than 140 days. There are a multitude of factors which impact on a candidate’s engagement with Armed Forces recruiting systems, and we are actively seeking to address these within our measures.</p><p> </p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 11/04/2024 13:41:34 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	1251 label Biography information for Lord Naseby

1681736

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to re-examine Capita’s involvement in recruitment in the Armed Forces.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL1533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>There are no plans to re-examine Capita’s involvement in recruitment in the Armed Forces. The Army will continue its Recruiting Partnering Project contract with Capita, which has been extended to March 2026.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 24/01/2024 14:29:51 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1681737

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many men and women were recruited into (1) the Army, (2) the Navy, and (3) the Air Force, in each of the past five years; and how many vacancies there are currently in each service.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL1534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>Data on recruitment into the three Services is presented in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>The Integrated Review and Spending Review (IR/SR) introduced greater flexibility in how Defence could employ its workforce types (Armed Forces Regular, Reserve, Defence Civilian and Contractors). This has made the continued use of a fixed workforce requirement for individual components of the Whole Force less appropriate. We are in the process of agreeing a new Indicative Planned Strength (IPS) which reflects both the Whole Force Strategic Workforce plans that are being finalised and changes in organisational structure introduced following the IR/SR. Comparison of the IPS and published statistics on Armed Forces strength will make any shortfalls evident.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: UK Regular<sup>1</sup> Personnel Intake<sup>2</sup> by Gender<sup>4</sup> in the past five years<sup>5</sup> in each Service</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2018 to 30 Sep 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2019 to 30 Sep 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sep 2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2021 to 30 Sep 2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2022 to 30 Sep 2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,880</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,590</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,070</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,980</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,470</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>1,630</p></td><td><p>1,940</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>13,280</p></td><td><p>12,960</p></td><td><p>15,130</p></td><td><p>10,570</p></td><td><p>9,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RN/RM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,290</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,780</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,950</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,400</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>2,940</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>3,520</p></td><td><p>2,850</p></td><td><p>2,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,080</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,470</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,760</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,310</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>8,260</p></td><td><p>7,590</p></td><td><p>9,570</p></td><td><p>6,030</p></td><td><p>5,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,510</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,520</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,060</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,760</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>2,080</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td><td><p>2,040</p></td><td><p>1,680</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Source: Analysis (Tri-Service)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 2: FR20<sup>3</sup> Personnel Intake by Gender<sup>4</sup> in the Past five Financial Years<sup>5</sup> in each Service</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2018 to 30 Sep 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2019 to 30 Sep 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sep 2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2021 to 30 Sep 2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2022 to 30 Sep 2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,710</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,720</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,780</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>4,820</p></td><td><p>4,270</p></td><td><p>4,750</p></td><td><p>3,120</p></td><td><p>3,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RM/RN</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>970</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>800</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>770</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>350</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>470</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,080</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,680</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,890</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,880</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>3,540</p></td><td><p>3,210</p></td><td><p>3,750</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>660</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>550</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>480</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>430</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Source: Analysis (Tri-Service)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes/Caveats: </strong></p><p>1. UK Regulars comprise Full time Service personnel, including Nursing Services, but excluding Full Time Reserve Service personnel, Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service, Locally Engaged Personnel, Non Regular Permanent Staff, High Readiness Reserve and Expeditionary Forces Institute personnel. Unless otherwise stated, includes Trained and Untrained personnel.</p><p>2. Intake comprises all personnel joining the Armed Forces either as new entrants or re-entrants.</p><p>3. Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) includes Volunteer Reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reserve (HRR) and Volunteer Reserve personnel serving on Additional Duties Commitment or Full Time Reserve Service contracts. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included in the Army Reserve FR20. Non Regular Permanent Staff, Expeditionary Forces Institute, University Officer Cadets and Regular Reservists are excluded.</p><p>4. Gender is a self-reported field on the Joint Personnel Administration System.</p><p>5. The yearly Intake-Periods are defined as the 12 months ending 30 September for each respective year.</p><p>6. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 in line with disclosure control policy. Figures ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systematic bias. Please note that due to rounding, the total figures in the above tables may not equal the corresponding sum of figures for each Service.</p><p>7. These figures can be found in Tables 7 and 23 in the last five October Editions of the &quot;UK Armed Forces Biannual Diversity Statistics&quot; published on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-index</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto grouped question UIN HL1535 question first answered 24/01/2024 14:29:39 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1681738

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many men and women were recruited into the armed forces reserves in each of the past five years; and how many vacancies are there currently.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL1535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>Data on recruitment into the three Services is presented in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p>The Integrated Review and Spending Review (IR/SR) introduced greater flexibility in how Defence could employ its workforce types (Armed Forces Regular, Reserve, Defence Civilian and Contractors). This has made the continued use of a fixed workforce requirement for individual components of the Whole Force less appropriate. We are in the process of agreeing a new Indicative Planned Strength (IPS) which reflects both the Whole Force Strategic Workforce plans that are being finalised and changes in organisational structure introduced following the IR/SR. Comparison of the IPS and published statistics on Armed Forces strength will make any shortfalls evident.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 1: UK Regular<sup>1</sup> Personnel Intake<sup>2</sup> by Gender<sup>4</sup> in the past five years<sup>5</sup> in each Service</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2018 to 30 Sep 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2019 to 30 Sep 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sep 2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2021 to 30 Sep 2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2022 to 30 Sep 2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,880</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14,590</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>17,070</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11,980</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,470</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>1,600</p></td><td><p>1,630</p></td><td><p>1,940</p></td><td><p>1,420</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>13,280</p></td><td><p>12,960</p></td><td><p>15,130</p></td><td><p>10,570</p></td><td><p>9,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RN/RM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,290</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,780</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,950</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,160</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,400</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>2,940</p></td><td><p>3,400</p></td><td><p>3,520</p></td><td><p>2,850</p></td><td><p>2,120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9,080</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,470</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,600</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,760</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6,310</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>880</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>730</p></td><td><p>660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>8,260</p></td><td><p>7,590</p></td><td><p>9,570</p></td><td><p>6,030</p></td><td><p>5,650</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,510</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,330</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,520</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,060</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,760</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>440</p></td><td><p>360</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>2,080</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td><td><p>2,040</p></td><td><p>1,680</p></td><td><p>1,480</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Source: Analysis (Tri-Service)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Table 2: FR20<sup>3</sup> Personnel Intake by Gender<sup>4</sup> in the Past five Financial Years<sup>5</sup> in each Service</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2018 to 30 Sep 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2019 to 30 Sep 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sep 2021</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2021 to 30 Sep 2022</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 Oct 2022 to 30 Sep 2023</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,710</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,700</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,720</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,780</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>900</p></td><td><p>760</p></td><td><p>950</p></td><td><p>600</p></td><td><p>540</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>4,820</p></td><td><p>4,270</p></td><td><p>4,750</p></td><td><p>3,120</p></td><td><p>3,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RM/RN</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>970</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>800</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>770</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>350</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>470</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>150</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>820</p></td><td><p>640</p></td><td><p>610</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,080</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,680</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,440</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,890</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,880</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>540</p></td><td><p>470</p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>3,540</p></td><td><p>3,210</p></td><td><p>3,750</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>660</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>550</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>480</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>430</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>200</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>420</p></td><td><p>390</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Source: Analysis (Tri-Service)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Notes/Caveats: </strong></p><p>1. UK Regulars comprise Full time Service personnel, including Nursing Services, but excluding Full Time Reserve Service personnel, Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service, Locally Engaged Personnel, Non Regular Permanent Staff, High Readiness Reserve and Expeditionary Forces Institute personnel. Unless otherwise stated, includes Trained and Untrained personnel.</p><p>2. Intake comprises all personnel joining the Armed Forces either as new entrants or re-entrants.</p><p>3. Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) includes Volunteer Reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reserve (HRR) and Volunteer Reserve personnel serving on Additional Duties Commitment or Full Time Reserve Service contracts. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included in the Army Reserve FR20. Non Regular Permanent Staff, Expeditionary Forces Institute, University Officer Cadets and Regular Reservists are excluded.</p><p>4. Gender is a self-reported field on the Joint Personnel Administration System.</p><p>5. The yearly Intake-Periods are defined as the 12 months ending 30 September for each respective year.</p><p>6. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 in line with disclosure control policy. Figures ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid systematic bias. Please note that due to rounding, the total figures in the above tables may not equal the corresponding sum of figures for each Service.</p><p>7. These figures can be found in Tables 7 and 23 in the last five October Editions of the &quot;UK Armed Forces Biannual Diversity Statistics&quot; published on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-index</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto grouped question UIN HL1534 question first answered 24/01/2024 14:29:39 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1681740

registered interest
date	11/01/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to reintroduce local recruiting offices for the Armed Forces.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL1537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2024 answer text <p>Armed Forces Careers Offices (AFCO) continue to provide core support to the Armed Forces' national recruiting activities. The geographic footprint of AFCO 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 apply to 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 and roadshows, supported by web-based information services and social media campaigns. These recruitment activities are further supported through strategic partnerships such as with JobCentrePlus, who provide additional face-to-face touchpoints with potential applicants. The Armed Forces regularly review their recruiting activities and associated resource in accordance with the requirement.</p> answering member printed The Earl of Minto question first answered 24/01/2024 14:32:35 answering member 4952 label Biography information for The Earl of Minto
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1379694

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they have spent on recruitment campaigns to the uniformed military services, broken down by service arm.
tabling member printed	Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links
uin	HL4129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The recorded expenditure on advertising by the three Services, for the most recent full financial year, is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Royal Navy</p></td><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>Royal Air Force</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>£16,937,533</p></td><td><p>£11,819,962</p></td><td><p>£5,721,246</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 30/11/2021 15:07:31 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4927 label Biography information for Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links

1379695

registered interest
date	17/11/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been successfully recruited to the (1) British Army, (2) Royal Air Force, and (3) Royal Navy, in each of the last five years.
tabling member printed	Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links
uin	HL4130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2021 answer text <p>The requested information can be found in the tables below:<br> <br> <strong>Table 1 - UK Regular Forces and Gurkhas Strength by Service as at 1 July for the years 2017 to 2021</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 July 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 July 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 July 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 July 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1 July 2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Navy/Royal Marines UK Regular Forces</strong></p></td><td><p>32,460</p></td><td><p>32,380</p></td><td><p>32,470</p></td><td><p>33,050</p></td><td><p>34,040</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army UK Regular Forces and Gurkhas</strong></p></td><td><p>85,570</p></td><td><p>83,020</p></td><td><p>81,890</p></td><td><p>82,630</p></td><td><p>85,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Regulars</em></p></td><td><p>82,610</p></td><td><p>79,900</p></td><td><p>78,480</p></td><td><p>78,880</p></td><td><p>81,820</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Gurkhas</em></p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td><td><p>3,120</p></td><td><p>3,410</p></td><td><p>3,750</p></td><td><p>3,980</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force UK Regular Forces</strong></p></td><td><p>33,010</p></td><td><p>32,850</p></td><td><p>32,830</p></td><td><p>32,820</p></td><td><p>33,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK Regular Forces and Gurkhas Total</strong></p></td><td><p>151,040</p></td><td><p>148,250</p></td><td><p>147,190</p></td><td><p>148,500</p></td><td><p>153,220</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <strong>Notes to table 1:<br> </strong>1. UK Regulars comprise Full time Service personnel, including Nursing Services, but excluding Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel, Gurkhas (which have been included separately in the table), mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Non Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS), High Readiness Reserve (HRR) and Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI) personnel. Regular figures include those personnel that have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP</p><p>2. Unless otherwise stated, includes trained and untrained personnel</p><p>3. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards. Additionally, totals and sub-totals are rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts</p><p>4. UK Regular Forces and Gurkhas strength figures are also available in Table 3b of the quarterly Service Personnel Statistics publication, produced by Analysis (Tri-Service): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2021</a></p><p>5. These figures cover all forces including those based overseas.</p><p><br><strong>Table 2 - Intake to UK Regular Forces and Gurkhas by Service for 12 months ending 30 June for the years 2017 to 2021</strong><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30 June 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30 June 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30 June 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30 June 2020</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>30 June 2021</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Navy/Royal Marines UK Regular Forces</strong></p></td><td><p>2,880</p></td><td><p>3,070</p></td><td><p>3,240</p></td><td><p>3,720</p></td><td><p>4,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Army UK Regular Forces and Gurkhas</strong></p></td><td><p>8,240</p></td><td><p>6,970</p></td><td><p>8,200</p></td><td><p>9,560</p></td><td><p>11,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Regulars</em></p></td><td><p>7,970</p></td><td><p>6,700</p></td><td><p>7,800</p></td><td><p>9,130</p></td><td><p>10,850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em> Gurkhas</em></p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>270</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>430</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Royal Air Force UK Regular Forces</strong></p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td><td><p>2,150</p></td><td><p>2,480</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>UK Regular Forces and Gurkhas Total</strong></p></td><td><p>13,070</p></td><td><p>12,190</p></td><td><p>13,920</p></td><td><p>15,690</p></td><td><p>17,690</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> <strong>Notes to table 2:<br> </strong>1. UK Regulars comprise Full time Service personnel, including Nursing Services, but excluding Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel, Gurkhas (which have been included separately in the table), mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Non Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS), High Readiness Reserve (HRR) and Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI) personnel. Regular figures include those personnel that have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP</p><p>2. Unless otherwise stated, includes trained and untrained personnel</p><p>3. Figures show Intake to UK Regular Forces, both trained and untrained. Intake comprises new entrants, re-entrants, direct trained entrants (including professionally qualified Officers), intake to the Army from the Gurkhas and intake from the reserves</p><p>4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards. Additionally, totals and sub-totals are rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts</p><p>5. UK Regular Forces Intake figures (not including Gurkhas) are also available in Table 5a of the quarterly Service Personnel Statistics publication, produced by Analysis (Tri-Service): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2021</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><br> <br> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL4126 question first answered 30/11/2021 15:06:39 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	4927 label Biography information for Baroness Davidson of Lundin Links

1305834

registered interest
date	24/03/2021
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British armed forces personnel were recruited between 1 January 2020 and 1 March 2021.
tabling member printed	Lord Browne of Belmont
uin	HL14563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2021 answer text <p>The requested information up until 31 December 2020 can be found in the attached ‘UK Regular Forces Intake and Outflow’ tables 4 and 5a in the excel spreadsheet of the quarterly Service personnel statistics.</p><p>Information for the most recent quarter, 1 January 2021 – 31 March 2021, will be published on 27 May 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 30/03/2021 12:01:53 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name HL14563 - Copy of 1_January_2021_SPS_-_Values_Only.xlsx title HL14563 - Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics
tabling member	3801 label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont