Territorial Army
Defence
Written answers and statements, 2 November 2009
Ann Winterton (Congleton, Conservative)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate the Chief of the General Staff has made of the Territorial Army retention rate from 1 April 2010.
Bob Ainsworth (Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence; Coventry North East, Labour)
The Army were of course aware that the six-month reduction in training they proposed might impact on retention. They believed they could manage this risk. Nonetheless having listened to the strength of feeling on this issue, I decided that training should recommence as soon as possible.