Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what targets his Department had for the number of sponsored reserves in each year since 2010.

No Sponsored Reserve recruitment targets were set by the MOD during the period in question. Sponsored Reserves are members of a civilian workforce who deliver a support service and who can be mobilised as Service Personnel if required. The number of Sponsored Reserves engaged by contractors in any year will be governed by the number and type of contracts for support services that are agreed in that year. Contractors are responsible for employing enough people with Sponsored Reserve status to meet the MOD's operational needs.