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90642

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual number of Regular Army recruits in the (i) Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps, (ii) Royal Artillery, (iii) Royal Engineers, (iv) Royal Signals, (v) Infantry and (vi) Army Air Corps was in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	208243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is provided in the attached table. These figures relate to those joining the trained strength of the Army having completed initial training.</p><p> </p><p>Senior Soldier Continuity posts, the Small Arms School Corps and the Royal Army Physical Training Corps are manned from members of other Corps and do not recruit externally, and are not listed in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 208232 208233 question first answered 15/09/2014 15:10:08 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier attachment 1 file name 208232 208233 208243 Army Trained Strength.doc title Army Trained Strength table previous answer version 19663 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90649

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual number of Regular Army recruits was for the (i) Royal Logistic Corps, (ii) Royal Army Medical Corps, (iii) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, (iv) Adjutant General's Corps (Provost), (v) Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) and (vi) Royal Army Veterinary Corps in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	208233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is provided in the attached table. These figures relate to those joining the trained strength of the Army having completed initial training.</p><p> </p><p>Senior Soldier Continuity posts, the Small Arms School Corps and the Royal Army Physical Training Corps are manned from members of other Corps and do not recruit externally, and are not listed in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 208232 208243 question first answered 15/09/2014 15:10:08 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier attachment 1 file name 208232 208233 208243 Army Trained Strength.doc title Army Trained Strength table previous answer version 19668 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90652

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the target is for recruitment into the (a) Regular Army and (b) Army Reserve in the current financial year.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	208247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Recruitment targets for the Regular Army and Army Reserve between 2010-11 and the current financial year are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Regular Target</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reserve Target</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>6,950</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>7,380</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>7,440</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>7,240</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>6,860</p></td><td><p>7,270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Army Reserve recruitment targets were not set until October 2013 following the publication of the Reserves White Paper in July 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 208248 question first answered 10/09/2014 13:16:54 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90653

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets for recruitment into the (a) Regular Army and (b) Army Reserve were set in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	208248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Recruitment targets for the Regular Army and Army Reserve between 2010-11 and the current financial year are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Regular Target</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reserve Target</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>6,950</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>7,380</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>7,440</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>7,240</p></td><td><p>4,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>6,860</p></td><td><p>7,270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Army Reserve recruitment targets were not set until October 2013 following the publication of the Reserves White Paper in July 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 208247 question first answered 10/09/2014 13:16:54 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

90657

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) required and (b) actual number of Regular Army recruits was for the (i) Small Arms School Corps, (ii) Royal Army Dental Corps, (iii) Intelligence Corps, (iv) Royal Army Physical Training Corps, (v) Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps, (vi) Corps of Army Music and (vii) Senior Soldier Continuity Posts (Long Service) in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	208232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is provided in the attached table. These figures relate to those joining the trained strength of the Army having completed initial training.</p><p> </p><p>Senior Soldier Continuity posts, the Small Arms School Corps and the Royal Army Physical Training Corps are manned from members of other Corps and do not recruit externally, and are not listed in the table.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Canterbury answering member printed Mr Julian Brazier grouped question UIN 208233 208243 question first answered 15/09/2014 15:10:07 answering member 77 label Biography information for Sir Julian Brazier attachment 1 file name 208232 208233 208243 Army Trained Strength.doc title Army Trained Strength table previous answer version 19669 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

63219

registered interest
date	23/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's contract with Capita in relation to the Army Recruitment Partnering project.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	201968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p>Since January 2011, as part of the Transparency Agenda, central Government Departments have been required to publish information about contracts they award on Contracts Finder. A copy of the Ministry of Defence contract with Capita for the Army Recruitment Partnering project can be found at:<br><br>Recruiting Partnering Contract, part one:<br>https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&amp;lang=en&amp;noticeid=473310&amp;fs=true<br><br>Part two:<br>https://online.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/Common/View%20Notice.aspx?site=1000&amp;lang=en&amp;noticeid=473847&amp;fs=true</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 25/06/2014 16:06:49 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

61620

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the (a) monthly and (b) total additional cost to date for paying Capita as if it was meeting quantity and quality standards for recruitments in the Recruiting Partnering Project.
tabling member constituency	Moray
tabling member printed	Angus Robertson
uin	200381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>Between its launch in March 2012 to 31 March 2014, the Army has paid Capita £100.380 million for the Recruiting Partnering Project. The Recruiting Partnering Project remains within the overall agreed cost of £1.360 <ins class="ministerial">billion. </ins><del class="ministerial">million.</del><br /><br />My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Philip Hammond) set out on 14 January 2014 the cost of Capita providing a new Information Technology platform as part of the Recruiting Partnering Project (Official Report: column 716). At the time, these costs were expected to be around £47.7 million directly linked to the change of hosting provision. Since this statement, these costs have reduced to around £42.9 million. <br /><br />As previously stated by the Secretary of State on 14 January, there has been an additional cost of around £1 million per month to run the Capita system. This includes costs for additional manpower.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/06/2014 16:43:56 question first ministerially corrected 01/08/2014 09:48:10 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 4680 answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1433 label Biography information for Angus Robertson

61621

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Army 2020, HC 263, published on 11 June 2014, page eight, when Ministers in his Department first established that reserves cost around 87 per cent of the cost of regulars when mobilised.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	200574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The figures used by the NAO in paragraph 11 of their report, Army 2020, HC 263, published on 11 June 2014, were taken from Future Reserves 2020: The Independent Commission to Review the United Kingdom's Reserve Forces. I refer the hon. Member to paragraph 97. This involved considerable work to develop a Regular: Reserve Cost Comparison Model.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 200573 question first answered 23/06/2014 16:43:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

61623

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Army 2020, HC 263, published on 11 June 2014, page eight, if he will provide a breakdown of the costings used to work out that reserves cost around 87 per cent of the costs of regulars when mobilised.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	200573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The figures used by the NAO in paragraph 11 of their report, Army 2020, HC 263, published on 11 June 2014, were taken from Future Reserves 2020: The Independent Commission to Review the United Kingdom's Reserve Forces. I refer the hon. Member to paragraph 97. This involved considerable work to develop a Regular: Reserve Cost Comparison Model.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 200574 question first answered 23/06/2014 16:43:16 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

61624

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the National Audit Office report, Army 2020, HC 263, published on 11 June 2014, page 30, if he will provide a breakdown of the extra £70 million in costs that will be borne by his Department for the decision to revert to a hosting environment provided by Capita as part of the Recruiting Partnering Project.
tabling member constituency	North Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
uin	200538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Philip Hammond) set out on 14 January 2014 (Official Report, column 716) the cost of Capita providing a new Information Technology platform as part of the Recruiting Partnering Project. At the time, these costs were expected to be around £47.7 million directly linked to the change of hosting provision. Since this statement, the £47.7 million has reduced to £42.9 million. <br><br>As previously stated by the Secretary of State on 14 January, there has been an additional cost of around £1 million per month to run the Capita system. This includes costs for additional manpower. <br><br>The Recruiting Partnering Project remains within the overall agreed cost of £1.360 billion.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry grouped question UIN 200300 question first answered 24/06/2014 14:51:44 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry previous answer version 4717 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444
tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones