No timetable yet on expanding reserve forces

No timetable yet on expanding reserve forces

The Ministry of Defence has admitted it does not centrally manage or track total spending on the UK’s Reserve Forces, after being pressed in Parliament to publish reserve expenditure figures for the last five years and projected spending for the remainder of this Parliament. In a written parliamentary answer published on 13 February 2026, defence minister Louise Sandher-Jones said reserve spending “is not managed centrally, with each Service det…