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Ministry of Defence Votes A 2020 to 2021: supplementary votes (accessible version)

Published 4 February 2021

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Ministry of Defence Votes A 2020-21

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These Votes A Supplementary Votes seek Parliamentary authority for the maximum numbers of personnel to be maintained for service in the Reserve Land Forces and Air Force Service during the year ending 31st March 2021. These numbers do not constitute the Workforce Requirement or the Strength of the Armed Forces, which is published separately in the UK Armed Forces Quarterly Service Personnel Statistics. Other Ministry of Defence Requests for Resources appear as Supply Estimates.

Signed by:

The Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP

Ministry of Defence

4th February 2021

Vote A (Army) II: Maximum Number of Officers, Men and Women to be maintained for Service in the Reserve Land Forces

(excluding those to be Maintained as special members of these forces under Part V of the Reserve Forces Act 1996)

Seventy six thousand and eight hundred (76,800)

		2020-2021
	Officers	Men and Women	Total
Army Regular Reserve	9,380	23,420	32,800
Army Reserve	9,160	34,840	44,000
Total	18,540	58,260	76,800

Notes

1. The totals of the Army Reserve include officers, men and women employed full-time but not Regular Army members of permanent staff who are included in Table 1.

2. The Defence Reform Act 2014 renamed the Army Reserve as the Regular Reserve and renamed the Territorial Army as the Army Reserve.

3. The Reserve Forces Act 1996 introduced three new categories of Reservist: Full-Time Reserve Service, Additional Duties Commitment and High Readiness Reserve. The following notes detail the maxima of personnel in these categories. These maxima are included in the totals shown in Table II above.

	Present Provision				Revised Provision
Officers	Men and Women	Total	4. Numbers of members of each force who may at any time be in full-time service under section 24 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996	Officers	Men and Women	Total
1,430	2,280	3,710	- In the Army Regular Reserve	1,430	2,280	3,710
870	1,010	1,880	- In the Army Reserve	870	1,540	2,410
2,300	3,290	5,590	Total in the reserve land forces who may at any time be in full-time service under section 24 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996	2,300	3,820	6,120

		Present Provision
5. Numbers of members of each force who may at any time be subject to additional duties commitments under section 25 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996:	Officers	Men and Women	Total
- In the Army Regular Reserve	30	50	80
- In the Army Reserve	270	1,680	1,950
Total in the reserve land forces who may at any time be subject to additional duties commitments under section 25 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996	300	1,730	2,030

		Present Provision
6. Numbers of members of each force who may at any time be liable for call-out under special agreements as members of the High Readiness reserve under Part IV of the Reserve Forces Act 1996:	Officers	Men and Women	Total
- In the Army Regular Reserve	40	150	190
- In the Army Reserve	60	440	500
Total in the reserve land forces who may at any time be liable for call-out under special agreements as members of the High Readiness reserve under Part IV of the Reserve Forces Act 1996	100	590	690

Vote A (Air Force) I: Maximum Number of Officers, Men and Women to be Maintained for Air Force Service

Thirty six thousand and four hundred (36,400)

	Present Provision				Revised Provision
Officers	Men and Women	Total		Officers	Men and Women	Total
8,200	27,200	35,400	Royal Air Force	8,600	27,800	36,400
8,200	27,200	35,400	Total	8,600	27,800	36,400

Notes

1. This Table of the Vote fixes the maximum number of officers, men and women, including those on terminal leave, who may be maintained for air force service at any time during the year.

2. The maximum number includes a margin to cover unforeseen contingencies.

3. The number includes personnel on loan service with government departments or other governments and personnel serving in international defence organisations.