Army: Recruitment

(asked on 26th February 2015) - View Source
Questioner
Jeffrey M Donaldson Portrait
Jeffrey M Donaldson
(Independent - Lagan Valley)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits have enlisted in (a) the Regular Army and (b) the Reserve Forces in each region of the UK since Capita was awarded the contract for recruiting.

Answered by
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Julian Brazier
This question was answered on 5th March 2015

Recruiting for both the Regular Army and Army Reserve is measured on a nationwide basis. Since April 2013 the Army's recruiting has been processed centrally as part of the Recruit Partnering Project (RPP), with applications made online rather than solely at local careers offices.

Official statistics for the Regular Army and Army Reserve intake of untrained and trained direct entrants for the period 2012-13 (the year preceding the start of RPP) and then up to 31 December 2014 are shown below:

Intake

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

to 31 December 2014

Regular

10,300

7,020

5,340

Reserve

3,960

2,960

3,600

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