Armed Forces: Redundancy
(asked on 26th February 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) RAF Regiment, (b) Royal Marines and (c) Regular Army personnel have been made redundant in each of the last five years; and how many such personnel (i) have been re-hired on full-time reserve service contracts and (ii) have joined the Reserves.
The Ministry of Defence began collecting centrally information on the numbers made redundant in October 2011. Of those made redundant, the information on those who then joined the Reserve Forces is readily available post - 1 April 2012 for the Army Reserve and post - 1 October 2012 for the Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Marine Reserve, Royal Fleet Reserve and Royal Air Force Reserve.
Armed Forces personnel who leave and then join the Reserves or the Full Time Reserve Service do not necessarily do so within the same Financial Year (FY).
The following table records the number of Armed Forces personnel who left the RAF Regiment, Royal Marines or the Regular Army on redundancy during each FY or part FY from 1 October 2011 to 31 December 2014 and the number who then joined the Reserves or the Full-Time Reserve Service (FTRS).
YEAR | SERVICE | ||
ARMY | ROYAL MARINES | ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT (includes the Operational Support Regiment) | |
1 OCTOBER 2011 – 31 MARCH 2012 | |||
Number Made Redundant | 600 | ~ | ~ |
Who Then Joined:-
Reserve Forces Of Which FTRS |
50 10 | ~ | - |
1 APRIL 2012 – 31 MARCH 2013 | |||
Number Made Redundant | 2,060 | 10 | - |
Who Then Joined:-
Reserve Forces Of Which FTRS |
170 10 | - | - |
1 APRIL 2013 – 31 MARCH 2014 | |||
Number Made Redundant | 4,060 | - | - |
Who Then Joined:-
Reserve Forces Of Which FTRS |
390 10 | - | - |
1 APRIL 2014 – 31 DECEMBER 2015 | |||
Number Made Redundant | 1,280 | - | - |
Who Then Joined:-
Reserve Forces Of Which FTRS |
50 - | - | - |
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.
~ denotes 5 or fewer.
- denotes Zero.
The Reserve Forces consist of Volunteer Reserves, Regular Reserves, Sponsored Reserves and Full Time Reserve Service.