Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many extra posts have been recruited to process service complaints under Volunteer ex-Regular Reserve contracts or other reservist terms and condition of service by (1) the Army, (2) the Royal Navy, (3) the Royal Air Force, and (4) Strategic Command, in each of the last five years.

The following information details how many extra reservist posts have been recruited by the single Services in each year in order to process Service Complaints. The data has been provided by the three Services, who manage the Service Complaints process. Service Complaints are managed by the single Services, not by Commands, and thus Strategic Command is not included.

Royal Navy

• 2020: no extra reservist posts recruited.
• 2021: three Volunteer ex-Regular Reserve (VeRR) posts were recruited.
• 2022: no extra reservist posts recruited.
• 2023: seven extra VeRR posts were recruited.
• 2024: no extra reservist posts were recruited.

Army

• 2020: no extra reservist posts recruited.
• 2021: eight ‘lifed’ Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) posts made enduring.
• 2022: two additional FTRS posts were recruited.
• 2023: 14 additional VeRR posts were recruited.
• 2024: no extra reservist posts recruited.

Royal Air Force

• 2020: no information held.
• 2021: no information held.
• 2022: no information held.
• 2023: no extra reservist posts recruited.
• 2024: ten additional VeRR posts recruited.