Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Army Reserve recruits (a) passed and (b) failed (i) Phase One and (ii) Phase Two training in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14. [208234] Mr Brazier, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Reserves: The number of Army Reserve recruits who passed and failed Phase 1 and Phase 2 initial training phases between 2010-11 and 2013-14 are as follows:

Failures include those who do not complete a training course due to their own volition, through injury or for compassionate reasons. A recruit may fail a course and then go on to pass a further course in the same year. Additionally a recruit may fail a course more than once in any reporting period. Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in five are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many army pensioners have been recalled to service under Section 52 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 since 1997. [208238] Mr Brazier: No Army Pensioners have been recalled to service since 1997 under Section 52 of the Reserve Forces Act (call out for National danger, great emergency or attack on the UK). Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Army Reserves were in training in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2013-14. [208245] Mr Brazier: Data are only available from 2012-13 onwards. The average numbers of Army Reserve recruits under training for 2012-13 and 2013-14 are as follows:

Figures provided reflect the average number of Army Reservists holding training positions prior to entering the trained strength. The reduction in numbers in training in 2013-14 is due to a more efficient training system, meaning that recruits complete training more quickly, as well as a data cleansing exercise that was undertaken to remove those who were no longer on strength but were still nominally occupying training positions. Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. | Hansard