Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were recruited into the army reserve in each month since January 2014 for which figures are available; and what the total strength was of the army reserve in each of those months.

The strength of the Army Reserve is regularly published by Defence Statistics in the UK Armed Forces monthly service personnel statistics which can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-index

The number of people recruited into the Army Future Reserve 2020 each month since January 2014 is shown in the attached table .

The table shows total intake and a breakdown of those who joined the Army Reserve either untrained or already trained. Prior to 1 October 2016, Army Reserve trained intake comprised personnel who were Phase 1 and Phase 2 trained. From 1 October 2016 onward, Army Reserve trained intake comprises of personnel who are Phase 1 trained.