Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army Reserves were in training in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2013-14.

Data is only available from 2012-13 onwards. The average numbers of Army Reserve recruits under training for 2012-13 and 2013-14 are as follows:

Figures provided reflect the average number of Army Reservists holding training positions prior to entering the trained strength. The reduction in numbers in training in 2013-14 is due to a more efficient training system, meaning that recruits complete training more quickly, as well as a data cleansing exercise that was undertaken to remove those who were no longer on strength but were still nominally occupying training positions.

Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.