Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to reduce the number of reservists in the armed forces.

There are no plans to reduce the number of reservists in the Armed Forces.

We are continuing to recruit reservists through active and targeted campaigns. Our plan is that over the next decade, our reservists will be given new, more clearly defined roles to make the best use of our resources and to harness the talents of wider UK society.