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Assessing and Reporting Military Readiness
Readiness is the term used to describe the means by which the Ministry of Defence holds its military forces at varying levels of preparedness to respond to emerging operations. An effective system for assessing and reporting military readiness is a key part of modern armed forces capability, in order to manage risks and address any deficiencies and plan for the future. This has become increasingly important in recent years given the unpredictable nature of the current security environment. This NAO report finds that the MoD has a good system for reporting the readiness of its armed forces, although there is scope for further improvement, both to better define and measure its Public Service Agreement target for readiness, and to manage the main areas of risk, such as logistic support.
Recruitment and Retention in the Armed Forces
This two volume NAO report examines the recruitment and retention of armed forces personnel. As of July 2006, the trained strength of the armed forces stood at around 180,690, with an estimated shortfall of 5,170 against the Departments requirement. Overall the armed forces are not in manning balance, with the figures masking a wider shortage of trained personnel within a range of specific trade groups across all three services. All three services expect to be within manning balance by April 2008, though historically the services have consistently run below the full manning requirement. The NAO has identified 88 operational pinch point trades where there is insufficient trained strength to p...
The Army List 2005
This annual publication contains details of major army appointments, headquarters and establishments, as well as regimental and corps lists of officers of the British regular and territorial armies. It also contains details of affiliated institutions and of Commonwealth governments and military forces represented in the United Kingdom. The information on officers' records is correct as of 31 March 2005 as held on the Officers' Record of Service database. A list of officers in receipt of retired pay will be available separately in the Army List Part 2.
Managing change in the Defence workforce
The Department's approach to reducing its headcount has been largely in accordance with good practice and, up to now, it has acted in a way that is consistent with value for money. However, the urgent need for the Department to cut costs means it is having to cut its headcount in advance of planning in detail how it will operate in the future, thereby risking making current skills shortages worse. The Department plans to cut its civilian workforce by 29,000 and its armed forces by 25,000. To meet these targets, the MOD has started a redundancy programme and a Voluntary Early Release Scheme, both of which run in several tranches. The most recent estimates by the Department are that the proces...
The Nation's Commitment
The Government asked all departments what more could and should be done to demonstrate commitment to the armed forces and gratitude for their service and sacrifice. This paper is the result of that process. It is designed to end any disadvantage that armed service imposes on the forces, their families and the veterans, particularly concerning movement around the country or the world. It also sets out how better to support and recognise those who have been wounded in service. The paper covers: the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme; health (including hospital and rehabilitation facilities, mental health services and veterans' needs); housing; education and skills; transport (concessionary bus travel for service personnel and blue badge entitlement for disabled veterans); support for families (childcare provision, support for bereaved families); benefits; building careers; Foreign and Commonwealth Office personnel; pay. It outlines what has been achieved already, and future action to preserve and enhance the commitment. Annexes provide supplementary information on the above areas and describe the consultation process that informed this paper.
Making British Defence Policy
This book explores the process by which defence policy is made in contemporary Britain and the institutions, actors and conflicting interests which interact in its inception and continuous reformulation. Rather than dealing with the substance of defence policy, this study focuses upon the institutional actors involved in this process. This is a subject which has commanded far more interest from public, Parliament, government and the armed forces since the protracted, bloody and ultimately unsuccessful British military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. The work begins with a discussion of two contextual factors shaping policy. The first relates to the impact of Britain’s ‘special relat...
Reserve Forces
Reserve Forces mainly consist of approximately 36,000 Volunteer Reserves, and some 52,000 Regular Reserves (former Regular service personnel who retain a liability to be called up). They are an integral and vital part of the United Kingdom's defence capability, making up some 11 per cent of the Iraq Operation TELIC manpower since 2003, for example. But the Ministry of Defence (the Department) faces a number of challenges in sustaining the future use of the Reserve Forces. All of the Volunteer Reserves are below strength, with the highest manning levels, at December 2005, in the Territorial Army at 81 per cent of current requirement. There are difficulties in providing training for Reservists...
Ministry of Defence
Operation TELIC was the UK's contribution to the Coalition effort to remove Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in Spring 2003. This was the UK's largest military operation since the 1990-91 Gulf War, involving the deployment of 46,000 personnel from all three armed services, 19 warships, 15,000 vehicles and 115 aircraft, as well as support from large numbers of Service personnel, civilians and contractors in the UK and elsewhere. Following on from a National Audit Office report (HCP 60, session 2003-04; ISBN 0102926565) published in December 2003, the Committee's report focuses on four main issues: the Ministry of Defence's ability to deploy forces at short notice; logistics and shortages of eq...
