Army: Reserve Forces
(asked on 24th May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people who joined the army reserve force in each year since 2010 subsequently left that force in each of those years.
The information requested is shown in the tables below.
Numbers joining and then leaving the FR20 Army Reserve 1 April 2012 - 31 March 2016 | |||||||
Year of Joining | Total Joining | Of which number who subsequently left | Financial Year (FY) of Leaving | Still in FR20 Army Reserve on 1 April 2016 | |||
FY 2012-13 | FY 2013-14 | FY 2014-15 | FY 2015-16 | ||||
Total | 18,400 | 4,040 | 330 | 1,080 | 1,080 | 1,550 | 14,360 |
FY 2012-13 | 3,960 | 2,070 | 330 | 890 | 520 | 330 | 1,900 |
FY 2013-14 | 2,960 | 930 | 190 | 420 | 320 | 2,030 | |
FY 2014-15 | 5,210 | 760 |
| 130 | 630 | 4,440 | |
FY 2015-16 | 6,260 | 270 |
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| 270 | 6,000 |
The overall numbers joining and leaving the Future Reserves 2020 are routinely published by the Ministry of Defence in the UK armed forces monthly personnel statistics, which is available at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-2016
For convenience, data from that publication have been collated into the table below.
Overall numbers joining and leaving the FR20 Army Reserve 1 April 2012 - 31 March 2016 | ||
Year | Total joining FR20 Army Reserve | Total leaving FR20 Army Reserve |
FY 2012-13 | 3,960 | 4,710 |
FY 2013-14 | 2,960 | 4,620 |
FY 2014-15 | 5,210 | 3,350 |
FY 2015-16 | 6,260 | 3,030 |
Notes:
Validated Figures for the FR20 population are not available before April 2012.
The table above shows the FR20 population only and therefore excludes University Officer Training Corps Cadets, Non-Regular Permanent Staff and Sponsored Reservists.
Intake to the FR20 population includes direct transfers from other parts of the Armed Forces and those with previous UK Armed Forces service.
The numbers of personnel leaving the FR20 population include those transferring to other parts of the Armed Forces, including the Regular Army.
Figures have been 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 sum of their rounded parts.