Douglas Chapman – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Chapman on 2016-02-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel from 6 SCOTS and 7 SCOTS received the annual bonus for fulfilling the minimum training commitment in each of the last three years.

Mr Julian Brazier

The number of personnel who received a bounty is as follows:

Reserve Personnel receive an annual Bounty if they meet all of the following criteria:

Pass the military annual training tests, attend annual continuous training (annual camp), and attend a specified number of non-continuous training days. This is not an obligatory requirement to be in the Army Reserve, but it is a requirement to receive the Bounty.

The number of training days required varies for each individual depending on the terms under which they enlisted, allows for personal circumstances, and allows for other training to count in lieu of annual camp. All elements are required for the award of a Bounty: therefore some individuals may have met the attendance requirement but have not been awarded a Bounty because they have not met another requirement.