Army Trained Strength Figures (Correction) The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Mr. Adam Ingram) A computer coding error has been identified in Army strength figures prepared by the Defence Analytical Services Agency (DASA) since 1 April 2001. From that date a number of untrained soldiers have been recorded against the trained Army strength. As a result Army strength figures previously announced and included in DASA publications have overstated the trained strength of the Army during that period. However, the combined strength of trained and untrained personnel has been correctly reported in all publications. It is the breakdown between trained and untrained strength that is affected by this problem.As at 1 February 2003, whole Army strength (comprising UK Trained Army Personnel, Gurkhas and Full Time Reserve Service) stood at 101,750. Army recruitment and retention initiatives are producing gains to whole Army strength in line with forecasts. The trend over the past twelve months has been encouraging with Army strength increasing by over 1,300 trained personnel. A table comparing the figures issued in error with the corrected figures follows:------------------ |1 Apr 01|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 May 01|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Jun 01|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Jul 01|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Aug 01|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Sep 01|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Oct 01|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Nov 01|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Dec 01|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Jan 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Feb 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Mar 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Apr 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 May 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Jun 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Jul 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Aug 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ ------------------ |1 Sep 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Oct 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Nov 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Dec 02|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Jan 03|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------ |1 Feb 03|UKTAP | ------------------ | |GURKHAS| ------------------ | |FTRS | ------------------ | |TOTAL | ------------------