Reserve Forces: Recruitment
Commons · Question 16875 · Tabled 8 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Steve Barclay
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate has been made of the number of additional members of the UK Active Reserve across each service that will be recruited as a result of the Defence Investment Plan.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 8 Sep 2026
The Defence Investment Plan has set out how we will be investing over £76 billion on people and veterans over the next four years. The £4.2 billion of funding for the Reserves represents the cost of Reserves pay and allowances. The MOD does not routinely ...