Royal Naval Reserve

(asked on 6th September 2016) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Soames of Fletching Portrait
Lord Soames of Fletching
(Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the strength was of the Royal Navy Reserve in each of the last 10 years.

Answered by
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton Portrait
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
This question was answered on 12th September 2016

The trained and untrained strength of the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) from 1 April 2012 onwards is provided in the table below.

April 2012

April 2013

April 2014

April 2015

April 2016

July 2016

Total

1,960

1,980

2,130

2,370

2,590

2,590

Trained

1,360

1,370

1,440

1,500

1,740

1,770

Untrained

600

610

690

870

850

820

In accordance with Departmental policy, figures are rounded to the nearest

10 – totals may not always equal the sum of their rounded parts.

Reserve Forces personnel records were not fully migrated onto the Joint Personnel Administration system until October 2012. Prior to this time data was produced from single Service systems, which are unable to be replicated or verified. Therefore, further breakdowns to the published statistics at the following link are not available:

http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140116142443/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/personnel/military/reserves-and-cadets-strengths

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