Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have signed up to join the Army Reserve prior to the completion of all their medical, security, and other administrative stages in each month of 2014 to date; and how many such people have not progressed as a result of failing any of those subsequent stages.
The Army is able to put forward for enlistment those Reserve candidates whose identity has been confirmed and whose pre-employment security checks have been submitted, but not yet cleared. Records are not held of those whose pre-employment checks are unsuccessful.
From 6 October 2014 Army Reserve candidates have been eligible for enlistment at Army Assessment Centres prior to their medical declaration forms being received and cleared by Army doctors. To date only one candidate has been unsuccessful under this process. This is part of the wider effort to ensure that Army Reserve candidates experience the most efficient and effective application process possible.
The total number of Army Reserve candidates enlisted prior to the completion of security and medical checks is shown in the following:
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August |
September |
October |
November | |
Security Check | 145 | 90 | 200 | 190 | 85 | 205 | 180 | 120 |
190 |
265 |
170 |
Medical | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
n/a |
15 |
35 |
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5.