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RAF Halton

Answer

I will write to the hon. Member with the information requested and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House. Substantive answer from Bob Ainsworth to Mr. Lidington:"I undertook to write to you in answer to your Parliamentary Question on 15 July 2008, (Official Report, column 314W) about training at RAF Halton.""This information relating to the number of Service Personnel who received any training at RAF Halton in each year since 2000 is set out below.""Information prior to Financial Year 2000-01 is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost."

	Royal Navy	Army	RAF	Tri-service
2000-01	139	847	10,918	—
2001-02	100	657	10,818	—
2002-03	94	744	10,848	—
2003-04	101	749	10,893	—
2004-05	292	1,437	10,970	—
2005-06	232	1,173	7,990	—
2006-07	184	813	5,934	1,994
2007-08	151	863	6,813	2,604
Notes:
The downturn in RAF numbers receiving training from 2004-05 onwards was due to drawdown measures taken by the RAF to reach its reduced target strength of 41,000 and was part of the Government's spending review.
For some training courses it has not been possible to differentiate between the actual numbers attending for each service; in this case the total number appears as tri-service.

"In addition to the data supplied above, Defence Dental Services (DDS) training at RAF Halton is shown separately in the table below. Data for DDS prior to 2003 is not available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost."

	Royal Navy	Army	RAF
2003-04	21	11	21
2004-05	32	98	65
2005-06	24	79	28
2006-07	32	76	27
2007-08	30	95	28

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

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

217594; 479 c1828W

Session

2007-08

Related items

RAF Halton
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Written questions
House of Commons

Notes

Question originally printed on 15/07/2008 at c314w.

Subjects

Armed forces Training RAF Halton

Link

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