ARMY: RECRUITMENT
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what targets for recruitment into the (a) Regular Army and (b) Army Reserve were set in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14; [208248] (2) what the target is for recruitment into the (a) Regular Army and (b) Army Reserve in the current financial year. [208247]
Mr Brazier, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Reserves: Recruitment targets for the Regular Army and Army Reserve between 2010-11 and the current financial year are as follows:
| Regular Target | Reserve Target | |
| 2010-11 | 6,950 | — |
| 2011-12 | 7,380 | — |
| 2012-13 | 7,440 | — |
| 2013-14 | 7,240 | 4,900 |
| 2014-15 | 6,860 | 7,270 |
Army Reserve recruitment targets were not set until October 2013 following the publication of the Reserves White Paper in July 2013. | Hansard