Dec. 12 2023
Source Page: Reserves and cadets to benefit from new Hard FM arrangementsFound: Reserves and cadets to benefit from new Hard FM arrangements
Dec. 11 2023
Source Page: Council of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations Scrutiny Team annual statutory report: 2023Found: Council of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations Scrutiny Team annual statutory report: 2023
Dec. 12 2023
Source Page: Hard Facilities Management services for the Volunteer Estate to be delivered by the MOD Built Estate contractsFound: Management across the Volunteer Estate, to enable reserves and cadets to continue to work and train.
Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) country and its allies. - Speech Link
2: Lord Fowler (XB - Life peer) Otherwise, you would not have had conscripts keeping lists of days and hours left to do, and the most - Speech Link
3: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) His Majesty’s Government are making to reinforce the services, including increasing the numbers of reserves - Speech Link
4: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The current mix that we have in the Army is about 70,000 ground troops and about 30,000 reserves. - Speech Link
5: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) In a past life, I had something to do with cadets and I also trained Junior Leaders soldiers. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) Led by Maj Gen (Retd) Simon Lalor, the Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations External Scrutiny Team - Speech Link
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RAF High Wycombe as of May 2024.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were 1,940 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at RAF High Wycombe, inclusive of HQ Air Command and UK Space Command personnel.
Please note, UK Forces Service Personnel comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel, Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full-Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Air Squadron Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes trained and untrained personnel.
The figure includes Reserve personnel and is therefore an estimate because the stationed location data for Reserves has not been fully verified.
The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10. However, numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.
Data has been provided as at 1 January 2024 to align with published Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RAF Brize Norton as of May 2024.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were 4450 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at RAF Brize Norton.
Please note, UK Forces Service Personnel comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel , Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full-Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Air Squadron Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes trained and untrained personnel.
The figure includes Reserve personnel and is therefore an estimate because the stationed location data for Reserves has not been fully verified.
The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10. However, numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.
Data has been provided as at 1 January 2024 to align with published Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at RAF Shawbury as of 8 May 2024.
Answered by Andrew Murrison - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
As at 1 January 2024, there were 620 UK Armed Forces Service personnel stationed at RAF Shawbury.
Please note, UK Forces Service Personnel comprises UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel , Volunteer Reserve, Serving Regular Reserve, Sponsored Reserve, and Full-Time Reserve Service (FTRS) of unknown origin. University Air Squadron Officer Cadets are excluded. The figure includes trained and untrained personnel.
The figure includes Reserve personnel and is therefore an estimate because the stationed location data for Reserves has not been fully verified.
The figure has been rounded to the nearest 10. However, numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.
Data has been provided as at 1 January 2024 to align with published Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at (a) HMS Caledonia and (b) HMS Scotia.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
These figures are reported annually and are accurate as of 01 January 2024. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure, and numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.
University Royal Navy Units (URNU) members, both Training Officers and the Officer Cadets, are all civilians with a status akin to Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and are not members of the Maritime Reserves.
Bases | Number of Service Personnel |
RM Condor | 440 |
HMS Caledonia | 280 |
HMS Dalriada | 80 |
HMNB Clyde | 1910 |
HMS Scotia | 10 |
URNU East Scotland | 90 |
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are based at HMS Dalriada as of 24 April 2024.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
These figures are reported annually and are accurate as of 01 January 2024. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure, and numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.
University Royal Navy Units (URNU) members, both Training Officers and the Officer Cadets, are all civilians with a status akin to Cadet Force Adult Volunteers and are not members of the Maritime Reserves.
Bases | Number of Service Personnel |
RM Condor | 440 |
HMS Caledonia | 280 |
HMS Dalriada | 80 |
HMNB Clyde | 1910 |
HMS Scotia | 10 |
URNU East Scotland | 90 |