Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much training army reservists receive with the regular army.

Collective Training is a central element of training progression for all elements of the Army including the Army Reserve. It provides the opportunity to exercise skills in a wider context, to ensure units are current and competent, and to assure their readiness. Collective training has always been, and remains, a part of the training experience for the Army Reserve.

The Army Reserve routinely exercises with the Regular Army. The annual two week exercise undertaken by Army Reserve units will be woven into wider Regular Army training exercises wherever this is feasible.

This year, the Army is seeking to deploy c.650 Army Reservists on the largest Reserve Collective Training exercise in a number of years, Exercise RHINO HEART.