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Written question asked by Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru) on Thursday, 30 March 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 April 2017. It was answered by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Monday, 24 April 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Army: Training

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of infantry enlistees have left the army before completing their training in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Answer

The proportion of infantry enlistees who left the Army before completing their training in the last five years is shown below:

Financial Year

Proportion of Army Infantry Enlistees Who Did Not Complete Training

2011-12

37%

2012-13

30%

2013-14

31%

2014-15

34%

2015-16

27%

Notes/Caveats:

The figures are for untrained Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves.

The figures are for those personnel who enlisted into Infantry as untrained during the financial year and have subsequently outflowed prior to completion of training. Some of these personnel may have joined as Infantry and changed Arm/Service prior to leaving. There could be a small number of personnel who joined at the end of 2016 and may still be untrained.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
69931
Session
2016-17
Subjects
Army Training Resignations
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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