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Written Question
Armed Forces: Recruitment
Monday 24th May 2021

Asked by: Sajid Javid (Conservative - Bromsgrove)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to encourage recruitment to the armed forces in (a) Worcestershire and (b) the UK.

Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)

The Armed Forces recruit nationally and do not operate a specific policy of increasing recruitment from particular geographic areas. Armed Forces Career Offices (AFCO) are spread across the UK including six in the Midlands. AFCOs are complemented by dedicated call centres and online recruiting operations, ensuring that all communities have the same recruitment opportunities. During the pandemic, the Armed Forces have conducted COVID-secure outreach programmes and virtual careers events, supported by web-based information services and social media campaigns.

Written Question
Armed Forces: West Midlands
Tuesday 16th March 2021

Asked by: Sajid Javid (Conservative - Bromsgrove)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many serving armed forces personnel were recruited from (a) Bromsgrove District, (b) Worcestershire and (c) the West Midlands in each of the last five years.

Answered by James Heappey

The requested information is provided in the following table:

Intake to UK Regular Armed Forces, by Financial Years 2015/16 to 2019/20

2015/16

2016/17

2017/18

2018/19

2019/20

Total

Bromsgrove

20

20

20

20

20

100

Worcestershire

140

130

120

110

150

640

West Midlands

1,070

1,070

940

900

1,300

5,280

Notes:

  1. Figures are for untrained personnel on intake, both Officers and Other Ranks.
  2. Figures exclude Gurkhas. Figures may include personnel who have joined more than once during the time period. Untrained Army inflow includes those people who joined as non-Trade-Trained. This will include people who have completed their phase 1 training (also known as basic training) and inflow direct into phase 2 training.
  3. Home addresses at the point of recruitment have been identified from contact postcodes recorded in the Defence Recruitment System (DRS).
  4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 in line with disclosure control policy. Figures ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid bias.