Armed Forces: Employment
(asked on 18th May 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the potential cost savings of reducing the armed forces by up to 10,000 personnel by 2025.
This question was answered on 25th May 2022
Whilst the Regular Army reorganises to its new structure of 73,000, naturally this will result in workforce cost savings. The reduction of the Army to 73,000 by 2025 has been estimated to present £3.9 billion in savings over the 10 years following the financial year 2021-22.
The Department is delivering record investment in the Army, providing £41.3 billion in support of existing platforms and new equipment.