Written question asked by Nia Griffith (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 December 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 December 2017 (named day). It was answered by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Monday, 11 December 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Navy: Women

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women (a) applied for, (b) were accepted on and (c) completed the Initial Naval Training (Officer) course at Britannia Royal Naval College for each course since the start of 2015.

Answer

The number of female officer applicants for Financial Years from 1 January 2015 to 2016-17 is given below:

	1 January - 31 March 2015	2015-16	2016-17
Number of applicants	162	600	553

Notes:

These figures do not include in-Service applicants to the Upper Yardsman and Senior Upper Yardsman schemes, who may have gone on to be successful at Admiralty Interview Board and completed elements of the Initial Naval Training (Officer) course at Britannia Royal Naval College.

The number of women who were accepted on (via the Admiralty Interview Board) and completed the Initial Naval Training (Officer) course at Britannia Royal Naval College for each course since the start of 2015 is given below:

Course commencement date	Successful at Admiralty Interview Board	Completed Initial Naval Training (Officer) Course
February 2015	10	10
May 2015	15	10
September 2015	15	15
January 2016	20	15
May 2016	15	15
September 2016	25	25
January 2017	15	15
May 2017	15	10
September 2017	25	20
Total	155	140

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 117653
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Women Navy Training Royal Naval College
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Navy: Women

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