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1701261

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former members of the regular Army have regular reserve call out liability as of 1 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
uin	21947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024 there were 22,676 Army Regular Reservists with recall liability under Section 22 of the Reserve Forces Act (RFA) 96.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there are approximately 55,000 ex-Regular personnel as of March 2024 subject to recall under Section 68 of the RFA 96.</p><p> </p><p>Notes/caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The number of Army Regular Reservists with a recall liability can only be provided as at 1 January 2024 in line with Published National Statistics.</li><li>The Army Regular Reserve comprises ex-Regular Army personnel who retain a workforce obligation to be called up for service in times of need.</li><li>This figure includes the serving component which comprises ex-Regular personnel who have applied to return to Army service on a fixed term Reserve commitment.</li><li>The second figure comprises of personnel who have completed their military service and retain a liability to be recalled for service in the event of national danger, great emergency or an actual or suspected attack on the UK.</li><li>This figure is a single Service estimate based on management information which is not gathered for statistical purposes or subject to the same level of scrutiny as official statistics produced by Defence Statistics. The data as of March 2024 is the latest available.</li><li>The c55,000 includes ex-Regular Officers who retain a recall liability in perpetuity.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 21948 question first answered 19/04/2024 10:25:36 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

1701262

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many former members of the regular Army have regular reserve recall liability in the event of a national emergency as of 1 April 2024.
tabling member constituency	Wyre and Preston North
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Wallace
uin	21948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024 there were 22,676 Army Regular Reservists with recall liability under Section 22 of the Reserve Forces Act (RFA) 96.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, there are approximately 55,000 ex-Regular personnel as of March 2024 subject to recall under Section 68 of the RFA 96.</p><p> </p><p>Notes/caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The number of Army Regular Reservists with a recall liability can only be provided as at 1 January 2024 in line with Published National Statistics.</li><li>The Army Regular Reserve comprises ex-Regular Army personnel who retain a workforce obligation to be called up for service in times of need.</li><li>This figure includes the serving component which comprises ex-Regular personnel who have applied to return to Army service on a fixed term Reserve commitment.</li><li>The second figure comprises of personnel who have completed their military service and retain a liability to be recalled for service in the event of national danger, great emergency or an actual or suspected attack on the UK.</li><li>This figure is a single Service estimate based on management information which is not gathered for statistical purposes or subject to the same level of scrutiny as official statistics produced by Defence Statistics. The data as of March 2024 is the latest available.</li><li>The c55,000 includes ex-Regular Officers who retain a recall liability in perpetuity.</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison grouped question UIN 21947 question first answered 19/04/2024 10:25:36 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace

1691731

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department (a) has made and (b) plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of (i) conscription and (ii) civilian training for the purposes of increasing the size of the reserve force.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	15593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2024 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 February 2024 to Question 14972 to the hon. Member for Bolton North East (Mark Logan).</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 05/03/2024 14:17:30 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison attachment 1 file name 14972 - National Service.docx title National Service
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1582054

registered interest
date	30/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he (a) received and (b) plans to publish the Reserves Forces' and Cadets' Association External Scrutiny Team 2022 Report.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	135176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2023 answer text <p>The Reserves Forces' and Cadets' Association External Scrutiny Team 2022 Report was received on 8 September 2022. The Secretary of State for Defence will issue a full Departmental response to the report in the coming weeks. A copy of the report and the response will be placed in the Library of the House together.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 03/02/2023 08:38:19 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1547140

registered interest
date	30/11/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when the 2022 statutory report of the External Scrutiny Team on the state of the UK’s Volunteer Reserve Forces will be placed in the Library of the House.
tabling member printed	Lord De Mauley
uin	HL3885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2022 answer text <p>We are very grateful to the External Scrutiny Team for their work and the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will publish their 2022 report and the MOD response early in the New Year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 14/12/2022 17:22:32 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley

1504651

registered interest
date	05/09/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the 'Quarterly service personnel statistics 1 April 2022', what are the figures for reserve personnel, divided by service into (1) officers, and (2) other ranks, and by (a) strength, (b) inflow, and (c) outflow.
tabling member printed	Lord De Mauley
uin	HL2092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The requested breakdowns by strength, intake and outflow are provided in the attached spreadsheets.</p><p> </p><p>The Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics (QSPS) 1 April 2022 contain the breakdown for the Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) in Tables 6a (trained strength) and 6b (untrained strength) by Officers and Other Ranks. Combining the totals and sub-totals of these tables provides the total FR20 strength by service, broken down by Officers and Other Ranks. While the figures for FR20 intake and outflow split by Officers and Other Ranks have not been included in current or previous editions of the QSPS publication, FR20 intake and outflow by service (as a whole) are available in tables 7b and 7c.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie grouped question UIN HL2093 question first answered 21/09/2022 09:16:21 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie attachment 1 file name 1 April 2022 FR20 Strength, Intake and Outflow by Service and OfficerRank.xlsx title HL2092 - Armed Forces Statistics
tabling member	2202 label Biography information for Lord De Mauley

1470769

registered interest
date	15/06/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many active reservists were serving in the (a) army, (b) navy and (c) air force as of 15 June 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bournemouth East
tabling member printed	Mr Tobias Ellwood
uin	18830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Statistics for the number of Regular and Reserve personnel in the Armed Forces are published on a quarterly basis in the Quarterly Service Statistics Publication. The next quarterly edition, scheduled for publication on 23 June 2022, will provide the data from 1 January 2022 up to 1 April 2022. Data thereafter up to 1 July 2022 will be published in due course in the summer release of the Quarterly Service Statistics Publication.</p><p>Armed Forces Regular and Reserves statistics up until 1 January 2022 can be found in Tables 1, 2a, 2b, and 2c therein at the following link:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2022</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty grouped question UIN 18831 question first answered 23/06/2022 14:15:49 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood

1465138

registered interest
date	23/05/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the 2021 report of the RFCA External Scrutiny Team was received by his office; and when he plans to publish it.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	6730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2022 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence received the Reserves Forces External Scrutiny Team's report last year.</p><p> </p><p>A copy of the report was placed in the Library of the House on 26 May 2022: Reserve Forces and Cadets Association External Scrutiny Team Report 2021 DEP2022-0444.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 30/05/2022 10:44:27 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1453852

registered interest
date	23/03/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Reserve Forces
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many reservists have been called to the colours since the start of the war in Ukraine.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL7318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/04/2022 answer text <p>In the period from 24 February to 25 March 2022, a total of 165 Reservist personnel were accepted into permanent service (routinely known as mobilisation) under the terms of the Reserve Forces Act 1996, supporting various single Service and Defence operations.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 06/04/2022 15:20:16 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

1305870

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	Reserve Forces
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Goldie on 23 March (HL Deb, col 811), whether the review of reserves by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton will cover the provision of soldiers for 'Military Aid to the Civil Power', including (1) resilience, and (2) disaster relief, following the recent cut in the size of the armed forces.
tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
uin	HL14610
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2021 answer text <p>The Reserve Forces 2030 (RF30) review was initiated by the Chief of the Defence Staff in February 2020. Lord Lancaster was invited to prepare an independent report on the reserve forces and how their likely future employment will contribute to defence and wider Government out to 2030.</p><p> </p><p>The RF30 review has yet to be published, but is a welcome and thorough review of reserves’ contribution to the Armed Forces including resilience. The MOD will carefully consider all of the review’s recommendations and report back to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 31/03/2021 14:26:39 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead