Written question asked by David Lidington (Conservative) on Monday, 7 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 9 July 2008. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 September 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

RAF Halton

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel have received recruit training at RAF Halton in each year since 1998.

Answer

The following table gives the number of armed forces personnel who have received basic trade training for supply, catering and administration roles at RAF Halton. Information is only available from financial year 2003-04.

Financial Year	Recruit training
2003-04	3,271
2004-05	1,556
2005-06	957
2006-07	1,075
2007-08	2,149

Substantive answer from Bob Ainsworth to David Lidington:"I answered a number of Parliamentary Questions you asked about training at RAF Halton on 14 July 2008 (Official Report, column 176W), 15 July 2008 (Official Report, column 312-3W) and 16 July 2008 (Official Report, column 450-1W). At that time information was not available prior to 2003-04 due to technical problems with a computer database. These technical problems have now been resolved and I am able to provide data for some of the missing years.""For ease I have listed below each question and answer with the additional information in italics.""Question Number 217590: how many armed forces personnel have received training from the Specialist Training School at RAF Halton for each year since 1998.""The table below gives the number of courses delivered by the Specialist Training School (STS) at RAF Halton. I regret that data prior to Financial Year 2000-01 is not available."

Financial Year	Armed Forces Personnel
2000-01	4,218
2001-02	4,461
2002-03	4,053
2003-04	3,687
2004-05	4,328
2005-06	4,841
2006-07	4,170
2007-08	3,616

"Question Number 217584: how many armed forces personnel have received basic trade training at RAF Halton for (a) supply roles, (b) catering and (c) administration roles in each year since 1998." "The table below gives the number of armed forces personnel who have received basic trade training for supply, catering and administration roles at RAF Halton since 1998."

	Trade
Financial Year	Catering	Administration	Supply
1998-99	41	164	144
1999-2000	57	122	243
2000-01	71	56	166
2001-02	128	125	170
2002-03	193	147	217
2003-04	201	120	159
2004-05	188	65	134
2005-06	51	—	50
2006-07	61	—	40
2007-08	44	—	45

"Question Number 217583: how many armed forces personnel have received recruit training at RAF Halton in each year since 1998." "The table below gives the number of armed forces personnel who have received recruit training at RAF Halton since 1998."

Financial Year	Recruit Training
1998-99	3,342
1999-2000	3,160
2000-01	2,884
2001-02	3,065
2002-03	3,597
2003-04	3,271
2004-05	1,556
2005-06	957
2006-07	1,075
2007-08	2,149
Note:
Training numbers for financial year 2007-08 includes figures for the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

"Question Number 217585: how many armed forces officers have received initial specialist officer training for (a) caterers and (b) administrators at RAF Halton in each year since 1998." "The table below gives the number of armed forces personnel who have received initial specialist officer training at RAF Halton since 1998 in the categories requested."

	Officer Specialisation
Financial Year	Catering	Administration
1998-99	4	91
1999-2000	1	75
2000-01	9	38
2001-02	1	49
2002-03	0	45
2003-04	8	75
2004-05	3	46
2005-06	6	19
2006-07	0	19
2007-08	0	22

"Question Number 217588: how many non-commissioned officers have taken the (a) junior management and leadership course, (b) intermediate management and leadership course and (c) advanced management and leadership course at RAF Halton in each year since 1998." "The following table gives the number of non-commissioned officers who have taken courses at RAF Halton in the categories requested, since 1998."

Course	Financial year	Number of officers
Junior management and leadership course (Junior—on promotion to corporal)
	1998-99	1,179
	1999-2000	1,111
	2000-01	1,362
	2001-02	1,496
	2002-03	1,474
	2003-04	1,565
	2004-05	2,035
	2005-06	1,201
	2006-07	1,210
	2006-07	1,210
	2007-08	1,182

Intermediate management and leadership course (Intermediate—on promotion to sergeant)
	1998-99	971
	1999-2000	802
	2000-01	888
	2001-02	898
	2002-03	515
	2003-04	974
	2004-05	1,521
	2005-06	903
	2006-07	812
	2007-08	875

Advanced management and leadership course (Advanced—on promotion to flight sergeant)
	1998-99¹	—
	1999-2000	121
	2000-01	239
	2001-02	237
	2002-03	251
	2003-04	273
	2004-05	475
	2005-06	279
	2006-07	256
	2007-08	253
¹ Course did not exist.

"I am placing a copy of my letter in the Library of the House."

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Reference: 217583; 479 c1814-7w
Session: 2007-08
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Notes: Question originally printed on 14/07/2008 at c176w.
Subjects: Armed forces Training RAF Halton
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