Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were recruited to the Reserve forces in the last 12 months; how this figure compares to his Department's target figures; and if he will make a statement.

The UK Armed Forces Quarterly Personnel report, which is published by Defence Statistics, shows Reserve trained and untrained strength figures, as well as movements into the Future Reserves 2020 population. It is available on the www.gov.uk website at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-armed-forces-quarterly-personnel-report-2014

The trained strength of the Future Reserves 2020 population as at 1 April 2014 exceeded the target figures set out in the Written Ministerial Statement and paper that the former Defence Secretary, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) placed in the Library of the House on 19 December 2013, (Official Report, column 124WS), as shown below:

We are committed to achieving our target of 35,000 trained Reserves by the end of 2018-19.