Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the anticipated personnel (a) inflow and (b) outflow in each (i) rank and (ii) skill or trade in the regular Army over the next 10 years.

Army Reserve recruitment targets for Financial Year 2015-16 to 2018-19, broken down by trained entrants and new recruits are contained within The Future Reserves 2020 paper which was placed in the Library of the House on 19 December 2013 , (reference number DEP2013-2063) and is still valid. I refer the right hon. Member to the written ministerial statement made by my right hon. Friend the former Secretary of State for Defence the right hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) on 19 December 2013 (Official Report column 124WS). There are no targets currently set for year 2019-20.

Requirements for Regular intake to the trained strength are provisionally set for three years in advance but are subject to change. This requirement underpins the recruitment target. The Army Recruitment and Training Division recruitment target for 2015-16 is 10,025 (this figure does not include Gurkhas). Not all of those recruited will successfully complete training to intake into the trained strength. It is not possible to give recruiting targets beyond Financial Year 2015-16 as intake requirements beyond the forthcoming year are subject to constant review and amendment.

The following tables detail provisional requirements for trained intake to the Regular Army by Cap-badge. All targets remain under constant review. Intake requirements are produced on a rolling basis and have not yet been confirmed beyond financial year 2018-19.

Requirements for trained Soldier intake into the Regular trained strength

Requirements for direct entry Commissioned Officer intake into the Regular trained strength

Requirements for professionally qualified officer intake into the regular trained strength

In addition intake requirements for Regular to Regular Re-joiners are:

Outflow estimates are calculated twice a year. The outflow estimate for financial year 2015-16 is 8,920, 1,050 Officers and 7,870 Other Ranks (excluding Gurkhas). Outflow estimates are not endorsed beyond the current financial year, and are not broken down by skill or trade. Outflow is subject to a large number of internal and external factors and is reviewed regularly.

Intake and outflow figures are single service estimates and have not been produced by Defence Statistics.