Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained Army Reserve personnel were recruited in each year since May 2010.

The majority of recruits joining the Army Reserve are untrained. The following tables are an extract from official statistics published quarterly at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/426880/QPR_Apr2015.pdf

They show the trained strength of the Army Reserve and a break down of the intake to the Army Reserve for 2012-13 onwards. Due to a lack of validated figures prior to 2012 it is not possible to include figures before that period.

The number of trained direct entrants into the Army Reserve includes former Regular Service personnel (joining within six years of leaving the Regulars), former Army Reserve personnel who have chosen to rejoin within six years of leaving, as well as other trained intake such those from the University Officer Training Corps.

Intake

The trained strength of the Army Reserve was 21,030 in April 2015. This is above the target of 19,900.

Total Trained Strength