Reserve Forces
(asked on 23rd June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many sponsored reserves there were in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force service in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15.
The information requested is as follows:
Number of Sponsored Reserves as at 1 April each year
| 1 April 2010 | 1 April 2011 | 1 April 2012 | 1 April 2013 | 1 April 2014 |
Total Sponsored Reserve | 2,320 | 2,370 | 2,150 | 2,040 | 1,960 |
RNR Sponsored Reserve | 2,130 | 2,180 | 1,950 | 1,860 | 1,740 |
Of which Royal Fleet Auxiliary | 1,870 | 1,930 | 1,690 | 1,600 | 1,550 |
Army Sponsored Reserve | 80 | 90 | 100 | 80 | 90 |
RAF Sponsored Reserve | 120 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 130 |
Notes:
- All numbers are sourced from the Joint Personnel Administration by Defence Statistics (Tri-Service)
- All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts.
- All reserves statistics are provisional due to ongoing data quality investigations.
More detailed information on Reserve numbers, including Sponsored Reserves can be found in the Defence Statistics Tri-Service Publication at the following link: