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Written question asked by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 July 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 July 2011. It was answered by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 18 July 2011 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Armed Forces: Officers

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many new entry officer cadets there were at (a) Dartmouth, (b) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and (c) Cranwell in each of the last 10 years.
Answer

[holding answer 12 July 2011]: The number of new entry officer cadets entering the service academies in each of the last 10 years is presented in the following tables:

Intake
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth 413 393 367 300 345 321 386 408 322 419
Intake
2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst 682 702 746 719 735 721 712 707 696 771
RAF College Cranwell — — 705 411 500 530 610 806 611 343
Notes:
1. Royal Navy figures are presented by calendar year. The Army and RAF data are presented by financial year.
2. RAF statistics of the intake to the RAF College Cranwell before 2003-04 are not available.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
65573; 531 c580W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Armed forces Officers
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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