RESERVE FORCES
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many sponsored reserves there were in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force service in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2014-15. [201970]
Anna Soubry, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans: The information requested is as follows:
| Number of sponsored reserves as at 1 April each year | |||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
| Total sponsored reserve | 2,320 | 2,370 | 2,150 | 2,040 | 1,960 |
| RNR sponsored reserve | 2,130 | 2,180 | 1,950 | 1,860 | 1,740 |
| Of which Royal Fleet Auxiliary | 1,870 | 1,930 | 1,690 | 1,600 | 1,550 |
| Army sponsored reserve | 80 | 90 | 100 | 80 | 90 |
| RAF sponsored reserve | 120 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 130 |
Notes: 1. All numbers are sourced from the Joint Personnel Administration by Defence Statistics (Tri-Service). 2. All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in five 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 equal the sums of their rounded parts. 3. All reserves statistics are provisional due to ongoing data quality investigations. More detailed information on reserve numbers, including sponsored reserves can be found in the Defence Statistics Tri-Service Publication at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/fil...