ARMY RESERVE: RECRUITMENT

20th October 2015

Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Army Reserve recruitment target for (a) new recruits and (b) trained entrants is in financial years between 2015-16 and 2019-20.

Penny Mordaunt, Minister of State for the Armed Forces: Army Reserve recruitment targets for Financial Year 2015-16 to 2018-19, broken down by trained entrants and new recruits are contained within The Future Reserves 2020 paper which was placed in the Library of the House on 19 December 2013 , (reference number DEP2013-2063) and is still valid. I refer the right hon. Member to the written ministerial statement made by my right hon. Friend the former Secretary of State for Defence the right hon. Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond) on 19 December 2013 (Official Report column 124WS). There are no targets currently set for year 2019-20.

Requirements for Regular intake to the trained strength are provisionally set for three years in advance but are subject to change. This requirement underpins the recruitment target. The Army Recruitment and Training Division recruitment target for 2015-16 is 10,025 (this figure does not include Gurkhas). Not all of those recruited will successfully complete training to intake into the trained strength. It is not possible to give recruiting targets beyond Financial Year 2015-16 as intake requirements beyond the forthcoming year are subject to constant review and amendment.
 
The following tables detail provisional requirements for trained intake to the Regular Army by Cap-badge. All targets remain under constant review. Intake requirements are produced on a rolling basis and have not yet been confirmed beyond financial year 2018-19.
 
Requirements for trained Soldier intake into the Regular trained strength
 

Cap badge

2015-16 Requirement

2016-17 Requirement

2017-18 Requirement

2018-19 Requirement

Royal Armoured Corps

485

525

550

550

Royal Artillery

635

654

600

570

Royal Engineers

666

699

674

720

Royal Signals

535

572

575

560

Infantry

2,194

2,350

2,350

2,350

Royal Logistic Corps

1,067

1,102

1,083

1,083

Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers

562

663

709

709

Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff Personnel Support)

230

268

269

223

Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)

99

99

110

110

Army Air Corps

120

120

120

120

Intelligence Corps

110

125

143

144

Royal Army Medical Corps

223

233

207

196

Royal Army Dental Corps

17

15

11

11

Royal Army Veterinary Corps

30

30

30

30

Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps

66

66

66

66

Corps Army Music

63

92

92

92

Total

7,102

7,613

7,589

7,534

 

Requirements for direct entry Commissioned Officer intake into the Regular trained strength

Cap badge

2015-16 Requirement

2016-17 Requirement

2017-18 Requirement

2018-19 Requirement

Royal Armoured Corps

45

44

45

45

Royal Artillery

53

53

56

51

Royal Engineers

64

64

64

64

Royal Signals

39

39

43

43

Infantry

137

137

137

137

Army Air Corps

25

30

30

30

Royal Logistic Corps

64

69

69

64

Royal Army Medical Corps

18

19

17

17

Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers

40

40

45

45

Adjutant General’s Corps (Royal Military Police)

13

16

16

14

Adjutant General’s Corps (Staff Personnel Support)

20

24

24

24

Adjutant General’s Corps (Educational Training Services)

18

20

20

20

Intelligence Corps

21

24

24

24

Total

557

579

590

578

 

Requirements for professionally qualified officer intake into the regular trained strength

Cap badge

2015-16 Requirement

2016-17 Requirement

2017-18 Requirement

2018-19 Requirement

Royal Army Chaplains Department

10

10

10

10

Royal Army Medical Corps Professionally Qualified Officer

43

38

38

38

Adjutant General’s Corps(Army Legal Services)

7

7

7

7

Royal Army Dental Corps

6

6

6

6

Royal Army Veterinary Corps

4

4

4

5

Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps

22

22

22

22

Total

92

87

87

88

 

In addition intake requirements for Regular to Regular Re-joiners are:

Financial Year

2015-16 Requirement

2016-17 Requirement

2017-18Requirement

2018-19 Requirement

Regular to Regular Re-joiners

250

290

340

250

 

Outflow estimates are calculated twice a year. The outflow estimate for financial year 2015-16 is 8,920, 1,050 Officers and 7,870 Other Ranks (excluding Gurkhas). Outflow estimates are not endorsed beyond the current financial year, and are not broken down by skill or trade. Outflow is subject to a large number of internal and external factors and is reviewed regularly.
 
Intake and outflow figures are single service estimates and have not been produced by Defence Statistics.
 
 
20131219_Future_Reserves_2020 (Word Document, 13.13 KB)

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