Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the manning target for 77th Brigade is; and whether there is currently a shortfall.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Following its establishment in April 2015, 77th Brigade is planned to reach full operating capability in December 2019. The establishment and current strength of 77th Brigade as at 1 October 2017 is shown below:
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Regular Army Personnel (Including Full Time Reserve Service and Non Regular Permanent Staff) Navy & RAF | 203 | 190 |
Army Future Reserve 2020, Navy & RAF Reserve | 271 | 150 |
It is not possible to include inflow and outflow data for 77th Brigade as it has only been formed for two years.
Notes/Caveats:
Future Reserves 2020 includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, high readiness and volunteer reserve personnel serving on Additional Duty or Full Time Reserve Service contracts. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included in the Army Reserve FR20. Non Regular Permanent Staff, Expeditionary Forces Institute and University Officer Cadets and Regular Reservists are excluded.
Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality; 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 appear to be the sum of their parts.
Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November to Question 114677 on Army resignations, when he expects to provide the answer to that question.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The number of personnel who have left each Army Arm/Corps between 1 January 2017 to 30 September 2017 is shown below.
These figures are for trained and untrained strength and therefore include those recruits who failed to complete Phase 1 training.
Arm/Service | Regulars | Army Future Reserves 20 |
Staff | 60 | 10 |
Household Cavalry/ Royal Armoured Corps | 520 | 150 |
Royal Regiment of Artillery | 590 | 140 |
Corps of Royal Engineers | 690 | 200 |
Royal Corps of Signals | 530 | 140 |
Infantry | 2,570 | 670 |
Army Air Corps | 120 | 20 |
Royal Army Chaplains' Department | - | - |
Royal Logistic Corps | 930 | 470 |
Royal Army Medical Corps | 220 | 210 |
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 680 | 280 |
Adjutant General's Corps | 340 | 100 |
Royal Army Veterinary Corps | 30 | 10 |
Small Arms School Corps | 10 | - |
Royal Army Dental Corps | 10 | - |
Intelligence Corps | 110 | 100 |
Royal Army Physical Training Corps | 30 | - |
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps | 70 | 60 |
Corps of Army Music | 30 | - |
Senior Soldier Continuity Posts | 20 | - |
General Service Corps/ General List | 40 | 10 |
Officer Training Corps | - | 10 |
Notes:
Those figures marked ‘Regulars’ includes personnel who left Regular, Gurkha’s, Full Time Reserve Service Full Commitment (FTRS (FC)) (excluding Lead First).
Those figures marked ‘Army Future Reserves 20’ include volunteer reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reserves and those volunteer reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitment. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included.
Personnel who transferred between the Regular, Gurkha’s and FTRS (FC) populations and FR20 populations are included in the outflow figures.
Personnel who transfer between Arm/Corps are not included.
Figures are for both untrained and trained strength.
All Officers of Paid Rank Colonel and above are included in Staff, regardless of late Arm/Service.
Regular officers (excluding Professionally Qualified Officers) join the Army as Officer Cadets in the General Service Corps. Regular soldiers are recruited into a specific Arms/Corps upon entry to Phase 1 training; however they are not officially allocated to an Arm/Service until after completion of Phase 1 training.
For presentation purpose, figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
“-” denotes zero or rounded to zero.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Army Reserve total intake was for each month in the last two years.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Intake into the Army reserve for each month over the last two years is show below:
Month | Army FR20 Inflow |
October 2015 | 630 |
November 2015 | 550 |
December 2015 | 270 |
January 2016 | 550 |
February 2016 | 490 |
March 2016 | 360 |
April 2016 | 400 |
May 2016 | 440 |
June 2016 | 520 |
July 2016 | 500 |
August 2016 | 390 |
September 2016 | 470 |
October 2016 | 450 |
November 2016 | 420 |
December 2016 | 270 |
January 2017 | 400 |
February 2017 | 400 |
March 2017 | 430 |
April 2017 | 350 |
May 2017 | 420 |
June 2017 | 420 |
July 2017 | 360 |
August 2017 | 390 |
September 2017 | 480 |
Notes:
The Army FR20 population consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on Full Time Reserve Service contracts who were previously Army Reservists.
The figures include untrained & trained personnel.
Figures include soldier, officer and JPA officer cadets.
Inflow includes people joining from outside the UK Armed Forces and those transferring from other parts of the UK Armed Forces.
Inflow includes people joining from outside the UK Armed Forces and those transferring from other parts of the UK Armed Forces.
Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Army Reserve total intake was for each month in the last two years.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Intake into the Army reserve for each month over the last two years is show below:
Month | Army FR20 Inflow |
October 2015 | 630 |
November 2015 | 550 |
December 2015 | 270 |
January 2016 | 550 |
February 2016 | 490 |
March 2016 | 360 |
April 2016 | 400 |
May 2016 | 440 |
June 2016 | 520 |
July 2016 | 500 |
August 2016 | 390 |
September 2016 | 470 |
October 2016 | 450 |
November 2016 | 420 |
December 2016 | 270 |
January 2017 | 400 |
February 2017 | 400 |
March 2017 | 430 |
April 2017 | 350 |
May 2017 | 420 |
June 2017 | 420 |
July 2017 | 360 |
August 2017 | 390 |
September 2017 | 480 |
Notes:
The Army FR20 population consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on Full Time Reserve Service contracts who were previously Army Reservists.
The figures include untrained & trained personnel.
Figures include soldier, officer and JPA officer cadets.
Inflow includes people joining from outside the UK Armed Forces and those transferring from other parts of the UK Armed Forces.
Inflow includes people joining from outside the UK Armed Forces and those transferring from other parts of the UK Armed Forces.
Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
Asked by: Toby Perkins (Labour - Chesterfield)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, How many new recruits have joined each regiment of the British Army in 2017.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The following table shows the number of Untrained Regular, Gurkha’s and Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) Intake of each Army Arm/Corps from 1 January 2017 to
30 September 2017.
Arm/Service | Regulars | Army Future Reserves 20 |
Staff | - | - |
Household Cavalry/ Royal Armoured Corps | 340 | 110 |
Royal Regiment of Artillery | 420 | 150 |
Corps of Royal Engineers | 560 | 150 |
Royal Corps of Signals | 260 | 120 |
Infantry | 1,820 | 700 |
Army Air Corps | 60 | 20 |
Royal Army Chaplains' Department | 10 | - |
Royal Logistic Corps | 790 | 270 |
Royal Army Medical Corps | 250 | 230 |
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 580 | 120 |
Adjutant General's Corps | 190 | 90 |
Royal Army Veterinary Corps | 20 | 20 |
Royal Army Dental Corps | 10 | - |
Intelligence Corps | 40 | 110 |
Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps | 30 | 50 |
Corps of Army Music | 30 | - |
General Service Corps/ General List | 590 | 30 |
Officer Training Corps | - | 40 |
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Notes:
Those figures marked ‘Regulars’ include Regulars and Gurkha’s untrained intake. Full Time Reserve Service (Full Commitment) (FTRS (FC)) population have not been included in the figures as they must be trained on starting their FTRS engagement and have previous service within the Armed Force.
Those figures marked ‘Army Future Reserves 20’ (FR20) include volunteer reserves that are mobilised, High Readiness Reserves and those volunteer reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitment. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserve are also included.
Personnel who transferred between the untrained Regular populations and the untrained FR20 populations are included in the inflow figures. Intake to untrained FR20 populations could include personnel coming from any other reserve population not included in the FR20.
Regular officers (excluding Professionally Qualified Officers) join the Army as Officer Cadets in the General Service Corps.
Professionally Qualified Officers (PQO) commission on entry to the appropriate Regiment/Arm/Service on enlistment.
All Officers of Paid Rank Colonel and above are included in Staff, regardless of late Arm/Service.
Figures are for untrained intake from 1st Jan 2017 to 30th Sept 2017, who inflow to Phase 1 training, as well as those who direct entry into Phase 2 Training upon joining the Army.
For presentation purpose, figures have been rounded to 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 appear to be the sum of their parts.
“-” denotes zero or rounded to zero.
Asked by: John Spellar (Labour - Warley)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of participants in university Officer Training Corps complete (a) the Army Reserve Commissioning Course and (b) the Commissioning Course for Regular Officers.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Between 1 October 2009 and 1 September 2012 a total of 9,250 officer cadets attended the University Officer Training Corps (UOTC). The number of those who went on to hold a commissioned rank in the Army is shown below:
Commissioned Rank | Number |
Regular Officers | 1,040 (11%) |
Reserve Officers | 400 (4%) |
The date parameters were selected to allow sufficient time for the cadet to complete their university and subsequent Royal Military Academy Sandhurst commissioning course. The numbers above do not include personnel who joined the Army as a soldier.
Notes
Figures include Regulars and Group A Reserves who held a commissioned officer rank and had previously been officer cadets at University Officer Training Corp units.
Some regular Officers (around 160) initially held a reserves commission and therefore appear in both figures..
Those who became a Regular Officer and subsequently joined the Group A Reserve have not been double counted within those who joined Group A reserves.
Professionally qualified personnel, such as doctors, who commission on entry, i.e. before they attend a commissioning course, are included in the figures.
Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 April 2017 to Question 70832, whether he has carried out an impact assessment of effect of relocation on (a) 614 RAF Auxiliary Squadron, (b) University of Wales Air Squadron, (c) 2300 Air Cadets Squadron, (d) Regional Rehabilitation Unit for Wales and the Midlands and (e) the Band of the Prince of Wales; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Tobias Ellwood
Yes, there is an ongoing assessment process as part of the proposed move of No. 4 School of Technical Training from Ministry of Defence St Athan to RAF Cosford, which examines the impact of the potential move on other units. For the current position, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to her by my hon. Friend the then Minister for Defence Veterans, Reserves and Personnel (Mark Lancaster) on 24 April 2017 to Question 70832.
Asked by: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative - Berwick-upon-Tweed)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the number of (a) regular (i) soldiers, (ii) sailors and (iii) airmen and (b) reserve (A) soldiers, (B) sailors and (C) airmen was by medical category for each year since 2001.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Under the Armed Forces Medical Deployability Standard (MDS) categories, Medically Fully Deployable (MFD) personnel are those who are medically fit for duty with no employment limitations.
Medically Limited Deployable (MLD) personnel are those medically fit for duty with minor employment limitations. They may have a medical condition or functional limitation that prevents the meeting of all MFD requirements. Medically Not Deployable (MND) personnel are those medically fit for duty with major employment limitations. They are not fit to deploy on operations but may be deployable on UK based exercises.
The following table shows the number of UK Regular Armed Forces personnel by MDS category in each year from 2010 to 2016, as at 1 April. Like for like data is not available before 2010.
| All | MFD | MLD | MND | MDS Not Known |
1 April 2010 | |||||
All Services | 177,897 | 143,253 | 18,101 | 13,615 | 2,928 |
Naval Service | 35,502 | 28,366 | 1,843 | 2,938 | 2,355 |
Army | 102,261 | 80,546 | 14,786 | 6,736 | 193 |
RAF | 40,134 | 34,341 | 1,472 | 3,941 | 380 |
1 April 2011 | |||||
All Services | 176,816 | 143,278 | 18,828 | 13,800 | 910 |
Naval Service | 35,426 | 29,793 | 1,995 | 2,882 | 756 |
Army | 101,303 | 79,092 | 15,217 | 6,952 | 42 |
RAF | 40,087 | 34,393 | 1,616 | 3,966 | 112 |
1 April 2012 | |||||
All Services | 170,010 | 137,866 | 17,866 | 14,211 | 67 |
Naval Service | 33,287 | 28,428 | 1,786 | 2,866 | 207 |
Army | 98,598 | 76,781 | 14,319 | 7,480 | 18 |
RAF | 38,125 | 32,657 | 1,561 | 3,865 | 42 |
1 April 2013 | |||||
All Services | 160,712 | 130,770 | 15,464 | 14,352 | 126 |
Naval Service | 31,423 | 26,799 | 1,825 | 2,697 | 102 |
Army | 93,939 | 73,668 | 12,237 | 8,021 | 13 |
RAF | 35,350 | 30,303 | 1,402 | 3,634 | 11 |
1 April 2014 | |||||
All Services | 150,891 | 122,616 | 13,811 | 14,396 | 68 |
Naval Service | 30,509 | 25,866 | 1,732 | 2,859 | 52 |
Army | 87,176 | 68,564 | 10,667 | 7,938 | 7 |
RAF | 33,206 | 28,186 | 1,412 | 3,599 | 9 |
1 April 2015 | |||||
All Services | 144,117 | 116,125 | 13,401 | 14,547 | 44 |
Naval Service | 30,058 | 25,338 | 1,846 | 2,840 | 34 |
Army | 82,231 | 63,854 | 10,122 | 8,246 | 9 |
RAF | 31,828 | 26,933 | 1,433 | 3,461 | 1 |
1 April 2016 | |||||
All Services | 140,432 | 112,024 | 13,551 | 14,822 | 35 |
Naval Service | 29,702 | 24,850 | 1,932 | 2,892 | 28 |
Army | 79,746 | 61,431 | 10,001 | 8,308 | 6 |
RAF | 30,984 | 25,743 | 1,618 | 3,622 | 1 |
Data for Future Reserves 2020 personnel is available from 2013 to 2016 and is as follows:
| All | MFD | MLD | MND | MDS Not Known |
1 April 2013 | |||||
All Services | 29,388 | 24,514 | 2,322 | 1,422 | 1,130 |
Maritime Reserves | 2,610 | 2,196 | 68 | 49 | 297 |
Army Reserves | 25,238 | 21,056 | 2,232 | 1,290 | 660 |
RAF Reserves | 1,540 | 1,262 | 22 | 83 | 173 |
1 April 2014 | |||||
All Services | 28,147 | 22,935 | 2,554 | 1,480 | 1,178 |
Maritime Reserves | 2,850 | 2,335 | 106 | 69 | 340 |
Army Reserves | 23,578 | 19,278 | 2,409 | 1,319 | 572 |
RAF Reserves | 1,719 | 1,322 | 39 | 92 | 266 |
1 April 2015 | |||||
All Services | 30,814 | 23,898 | 2,770 | 1,564 | 2,582 |
Maritime Reserves | 3,157 | 2,457 | 121 | 74 | 505 |
Army Reserves | 25,438 | 19,884 | 2,592 | 1,392 | 1,570 |
RAF Reserves | 2,219 | 1,557 | 57 | 98 | 507 |
1 April 2016 | |||||
All Services | 34,755 | 26,180 | 3,105 | 1,676 | 3,794 |
Maritime Reserves | 3,541 | 2,883 | 131 | 104 | 423 |
Army Reserves | 28,672 | 21,398 | 2,888 | 1,480 | 2,906 |
RAF Reserves | 2,542 | 1,899 | 86 | 92 | 465 |
Future Reserves 2020 personnel include volunteer reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reserves and volunteer reserve personnel serving on Additional Duties Commitment or Full Time Reserve Service contracts. Future Reserves 2020 also include sponsored Reserves, but excludes Regular Reserves, Non Regular Permanent Staff, Expeditionary Forces Institute and University Officer Cadets.
Asked by: Lord Ouseley (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in recruiting black and ethnic minority personnel to the armed services in each year from 2010 to 2015, excluding those from the Commonwealth.
Answered by Earl Howe - Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
The Defence workforce is not representative of the demographic within society. In order to address this the Defence Diversity and Inclusion Programme was established to increase the diversity of the civilian and military workforce, and to create a more inclusive working environment in which people are able to reach their full potential.
The Armed Forces are working towards a target of 10 per cent of recruits to come from Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic backgrounds by 2020, as announced by the Prime Minister prior to the 2015 election. Additionally, the Minister for the Armed Forces agreed a 15 per cent female recruitment target by 2020.
Information on recruitment of black and ethnic minority people to the UK Armed Forces from 2010 to 2015, excluding those from the Commonwealth, is shown below.
Table 1:
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) intake6,7 to UK Regular Forces1 and Future Reserves 20202 (FR20) excluding personnel from the Commonwealth by calendar year
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2. Future Reserves 2020 includes volunteer reserves who are mobilised, High Readiness Reserves (HRR) and volunteer reserve personnel serving on Additional Duties Commitment (ADC) or FTRS contracts. Sponsored Reserves who provide a more cost effective solution than volunteer reserves are also included in the Army Reserve FR20. Non Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS), Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI) and University Officer Cadets and Regular Reservists are excluded. |
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4. It is not mandatory for Service personnel to declare their ethnicity on the Joint Personnel Administrative (JPA) system. Figures reflect the number of personnel who declared themselves as BAME on JPA. |
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6. Intake to UK Regular Forces comprises new entrants, re-entrants, direct trained entrants (including professionally qualified officers), intake to the Army from the Gurkhas and intake from the Reserves. All movements within the Regular Forces, including flows from untrained to trained strength, transfers between Services and flows from rank to officer due to promotion are excluded. |
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7. Intake to FR20 comprises new entrants, Regular to Reserve transfers, Reserve re-joiners, and Reserve personnel joining from another part of the Reserves that are not included in the FR20 target population. Intake to UK Regular Forces comprises new entrants, re-entrants, direct trained entrants (including professionally qualified officers), intake to the Army from the Gurkhas and intake from the Reserves. It excludes all movements within the Regular Forces; including flows from untrained to trained strength, transfers between Services and flows from rank to officer due to promotion. |
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Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many trained regular (a) sailors and (b) officers transferred into the Royal Naval Reserve in each year since 2010.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
This information is set out in the table below.
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| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 (To 31 August) |
Officers | 20 | 30 | 40 | 20 | ~ |
Ratings | ~ | 20 | 50 | 70 | ~ |
Source: Defence Statistics (Tri Service)
Notes:
2. Royal Naval Reserve includes mobilised volunteer reserves, High Readiness Reserves, and those volunteer reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitments. Sponsored Reserves and University Officer Cadets are excluded.