Army and Army Reserve: Recruitment

(asked on 6th March 2024) - View Source
Questioner
John Healey Portrait
John Healey
(Labour - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) recruitment target for and (b) number of personnel recruited to the (i) full time British Army and (ii) Army Reserves was in each year since 2010.

Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
This question was answered on 15th March 2024

The first table shows the Basic Training untrained intake for Reserve Officers and Other Ranks by financial year.

Table 1. Reserve FR20 Untrained Intake to Phase 1 by Officers / Other Ranks

Financial Year

Total

Officers

Other Ranks

2012/13

2,650

60

2,600

2013/14

1,270

50

1,220

2014/15

2,890

110

2,780

2015/16

3,500

200

3,300

2016/17

3,020

160

2,860

2017/18

2,380

160

2,220

2018/19

1,870

120

1,750

2019/20

2,680

160

2,520

2020/21

2,270

170

2,100

2021/22

2,400

110

2,290

2022/23

1,630

90

1,540

Source: Analysis (Army)

The second table shows the Basic Training untrained intake actuals and targets for Reserve Other Ranks by financial year. There are no targets for Officers.

The actuals in the second column differ from the Other Ranks figures above; this is explained in Notes 4 and 5 below.

Table 2. Reserve Group A Other Ranks Untrained Intake to Phase 1 Actuals and Targets

Financial Year

Reserve Group A Other Ranks Untrained Intake Target

Reserve Group A Other Ranks Phase 1 Intake Actuals

2012/13

Not Held

2,600

2013/14

1,550

1,220

2014/15

2,800

2,780

2015/16

5,000

3,300

2016/17

6,480

2,850

2017/18

4,760

2,210

2018/19

2,910

1,740

2019/20

2,800

2,500

2020/21

2,500

2,070

2021/22

2,820

2,250

2022/23

2,950

1,530

Source: Analysis (Army) & Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command (ARITC)

For the Regular Army, I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 January 2024 in answer to PQ7264: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-12-18/7264 which shows the Basic Training Starts (BTS) Targets for British Army Other Ranks by financial year.

Notes/Caveats:

  1. Figures in Table 1 are for FR20 Phase 1 and Reserve Army ‘Group A’ Intake only.

  1. The FR20 population consists of ‘Group A’ Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on FTRS contracts who were previously Army Reservists.

  1. ‘Group A’ includes Volunteer Reserves, Mobilised Volunteer Reserves, High Readiness Reserves and OTC support & training staff and Officers under training.

  1. Figures supplied in Table 1 are for the FR20 population and will match Accredited Official Statistics as supplied in the Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics Report from 2017/18 onwards. Figures are however for Phase 1 Intake only and may not match figures before this period.

  1. Figures in Table 2 are for Reserve ‘Group A’ Other Ranks Phase 1 Intake and include movement between populations in FR20 i.e. Group E to Group A movements etc.

  1. Army Reserve ‘Group E’ was introduced during November 2020. ‘Group E’ were previously included in ‘Group A’ and subsequently removed. Intake figures in Table 1 for Financial Year 2020/21 onwards are not directly comparable to previous Financial Years.

  1. Figures include Untrained Intake from other Army populations and from other Services.

  1. Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

  1. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.

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