Defence written question – answered at on 15 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he anticipates redundancies from the conversion of the second operational divisional headquarters to a force preparation role.
The strategic defence and security review White Paper published in October 2010 outlined the requirement to restructure the Army and stated that the Army will
'convert the second of our operational divisional headquarters to a force preparation role.'
While organisational restructuring and reductions in military manpower are clearly linked it is incorrect to assume that because an organisation is rationalised the individuals in that organisation will be made redundant. When organisational change reduces the requirement for officers or soldiers, then the overall strength is reduced. Separate processes are used to determine how to effect that reduction and, therefore, which individuals will be affected. This means that the most appropriate individuals leave the service, not necessarily the ones who happen to be in an organisation at the time it is rationalised.
It is too early to say whether this restructuring will result in a surplus of civilian staff, but in the event of civilian staff redundancies resulting from this restructuring they will be scored as part of the 25,000 already announced.
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