Reserve Forces: Northern Ireland
(asked on 12th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people resident in Northern Ireland have been recruited into the reserve forces in each of the last five years.
The information is not held in the format requested. However the table below shows, where available, the estimated number of people recruited into the Reserve Forces in Northern Ireland in the last three financial years.
SERVICE | FINANCIAL YEAR | ||
2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | |
Maritime Reserve | see note | 20 | 20 |
Army Reserve | 250 | 150 | 240 |
Royal Air Force Reserve | see note | 20 | 60 |
Note – information not available.
The Future Reserves 20 Volunteer Reserve population includes mobilised Volunteer Reserves, High Readiness Reserves and those volunteer reserves serving on Full Time Reserve Service and Additional Duties Commitment.
The figures are based on Service personnel’s stationed location and not their location of residence, where personnel work is not necessarily where they live.