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Ministry of Defence Votes A 2021 to 2022: supplementary votes

Published 10 February 2022

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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE VOTES A 2021-22

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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 2022. 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

10 February 2022

Vote A (Navy) II: Maximum Number of Officers, Men and Women to be Maintained for Service in the Reserve Naval and Marines Forces

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

Twenty three thousand, two hundred and ten (23,210)

		2021-2022
	Officers	Men and Women	Total
Royal Fleet Reserve (naval officers and ratings)	4,960	9,000	13,960
Royal Fleet Reserve (marine officers and marines)	470	2,610	3,080
Royal Naval Reserve	1,400	2,300	3,700
Royal Marines Reserve	120	1,250	1,370
Royal Naval Reserve (List 7)	1,100	-	1,100
Total	8,050	15,160	23,210

Notes

1. Those maintained on List 7 of the Royal Naval Reserve include Royal Naval Reserve temporary officers recruited to assist with University Royal Naval Units (URNUs), URNU undergraduates and members of the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS). List 7 personnel do not have a call out liability.

2. The Reserve Forces Act 1996 introduced three new categories of the 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:

		Revised Provision
3. 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
- In the Royal Fleet Reserve as naval officers and ratings	180	600	780
- In the Royal Fleet Reserve as marine officers and marines	40	150	190
- In the Royal Naval Reserve	180	135	315
- In the Royal Marines Reserve	35	100	135
Total in the reserve naval and marine forces who may at any time be in full-time service under section 24 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996	435	985	1,420

	Present Provision				Revised Provision
Officers	Men and Women	Total	4. Numbers of members of each force who may at any time be subject to additional duties commitment under section 25 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996:	Officers	Men and Women	Total
40	15	55	- In the Royal Fleet Reserve as naval officers and ratings	40	15	55
15	10	25	- In the Royal Fleet Reserve as marine officers and marines	15	10	25
40	40	80	- In the Royal Naval Reserve	80	40	120
30	40	70	- In the Royal Marines Reserve	30	40	70
125	105	230	Total in the reserve naval and marine forces who may at any time be subject to additional duties commitments under section 25 of the Reserve Forces Act 1996	165	105	270

		Revised Provision
5. 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 Royal Fleet Reserve as naval officers and ratings	15	40	55
- In the Royal Fleet Reserve as marine officers and marines	5	20	25
- In the Royal Naval Reserve	20	30	50
- In the Royal Marines Reserve	10	30	40
Total in the reserve naval and marine 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	50	120	170

Vote A (Navy) III: Maximum Number of Officers, Men and Women to be Maintained for Service as Special Members of the Reserve Naval Forces under Part V of the Reserve Forces Act 1996

Two thousand, four hundred and seventy (2,470)

		2021-2022
	Officers	Men and Women	Total
Royal Naval Reserve	850	1,620	2,470
Total	850	1,620	2,470

Notes

1. Members of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) have a liability to become Special Members of the Reserve Naval Forces. Existing RFA personnel may become Special Reservists on a voluntary basis whereas new entrants are automatically enlisted as part of their terms and conditions of service.