Reserve Forces
(asked on 29th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff made redundant by his Department in each of the last five years were later taken up as reservists.
The table shows the number of Armed Forces personnel who were made redundant in each of the last five financial years who have since joined the Volunteer Reserves. The Volunteer Reserve comprises the Maritime Reserve, Army Reserve and Royal Air Force Reserve.
Financial Year | Number of Service personnel made redundant | Number of Redundant Service Personnel who joined the Volunteer Reserve |
2010-11 | - | - |
2011-12 | 1,700 | 60 |
2012-13 | 3,470 | 190 |
2013-14 | 4,280 | 400 |
2014-15 | 1,350 | 100 |
1) UK Regular Forces comprise Full Time trained and un-trained personnel and exclude Ghurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service and Reservists.
2) - = zero or rounded to zero.
3) Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.