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1005782

	registered interest
	date	12/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of people under 18 years of age that applied to join the army in the financial year 2016-17; and how many of those people have since started army training.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	190539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The number of people under 18 years old who applied to join the Army in financial years 2014-15, 2016-17 and 2017-18 and who have since started basic training before 1 October 2018 are detailed in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>U18 Applications</p></td><td><p>Of which started basic training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>14,050</p></td><td><p>2,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-2015</p></td><td><p>17,120</p></td><td><p>3,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-2017</p></td><td><p>20,370</p></td><td><p>2,350</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures are for Regular soldiers who were under the age of 18 at the time of their application. Some will have turned 18 before starting basic training.</p><p> </p><p>Some of the applicants above will still be in the process of joining the Army.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that these figures are single Service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics. They have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 190536 190538 question first answered 15/11/2018 15:31:45 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

843647

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of recruits who enlisted aged (i) under 18 and (ii) over 18 years left the armed forces within four years of joining in each of the last three full years for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	127988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The requested information is provided in the attached table, excluding data on minimum initial service periods which could be provided only at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 127987 question first answered 27/02/2018 17:38:25 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name 20180223-PQs02519 21-TABLE - SUBMITTED.xlsx title Stats on Under and Over 18's Service Personnel
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

797528

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Resignations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army recruits who left before the end of their Phase 2 training enlisted at the age of (a) 16 and (b) 17 in the last five financial years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	116491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The number of soldiers who enlisted at the age of 16 or 17 and left the Army before the end of their Phase Two training in the last five financial years is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age 16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Age 17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td><p>280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>300</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,510</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,500</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The figures are for Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service and Mobilised Reserves.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>Personnel who have left the Army more than once in the last five financial years will be counted each time they left in the table above. Their age on enlistment will vary according to each time they joined the Army.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>Age on enlistment is calculated using date of birth and entry date recorded on JPA. Where personnel have transferred to the Army from another Service, served under an alternative assignment type (e.g. reserve forces), are re-entrants or have transferred from Other Ranks to Officers, their entry date may correspond to any of these events.</li></ol> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 07/12/2017 16:21:06 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

843648

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of armed forces personnel in the trained strength are under 18 years old.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	127989
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>As at 1 October 2017 there were 69 Armed Forces personnel in the trained strength under 18 years. This is less than 0.1% of the total trained strength. Under 18s in the trained strength cannot be deployed on front line operations.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/02/2018 14:39:47 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1019495

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many army recruits have enlisted from each parliamentary constituency since 2013; and how many of those recruits from each constituency were aged under 18.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	198353
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the attached table. Figures represent Regular and FR20 Reserve recruits (officers and other ranks) by parliamentary constituency, including those aged under 18 at the time of recruitment, between Apr 13 and Apr 18. Under 18 figures apply to Regular enlistments only, as the minimum age a potential reservist can initiate the recruitment process is 17 years and 9 months. Data is based on their recorded contact address.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/12/2018 17:25:32 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name PQ198353 - Regular and Reserves by Parliamentary Constituency.docx title Regular and Reserves by Parliamentary Constituency
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

755699

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: GCE A-level
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Army recruits who joined the Army since January 2017 held A-level qualifications on entry.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The tables below show the number new recruits between 1 January and 31 August 2017 with a recorded degree level qualification or A levels. Candidates with A levels and degree level qualifications may show in both tables.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>New Recruits with Recorded Degree level qualifications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Regular</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Reserve</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>Soldier</p></td><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>Soldier</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>New Recruits with Recorded A Levels</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Regular</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Reserve</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>Soldier</p></td><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>Soldier</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Education qualifications are not captured unless they are required as a Mandatory Academic Qualification for the role or declared by the candidate as additional information. The actual number of individuals holding qualifications will therefore be higher.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>New recruits have been defined as candidates who arrived at Phase 1 Training or in the case of Reserve Officers those who passed Army Officer Selection Board Main Board.</p><p> </p><p>Reserves figures are for Group A Reserves. These are Reserves who are recruited through the National Recruiting Centre and are available for employment on specific tasks at home and overseas.</p><p> </p><p>These questions have been answered using information held in recruiting data. They are single service estimates and are not official statistics. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in five have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 6913 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:42:56 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

755698

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Graduates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Army recruits who joined the Army since January 2017 held a degree level qualification on entry.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6913
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The tables below show the number new recruits between 1 January and 31 August 2017 with a recorded degree level qualification or A levels. Candidates with A levels and degree level qualifications may show in both tables.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>New Recruits with Recorded Degree level qualifications</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Regular</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Reserve</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>Soldier</p></td><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>Soldier</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>220</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>380</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>New Recruits with Recorded A Levels</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Regular</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Reserve</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>Soldier</p></td><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>Soldier</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>460</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Education qualifications are not captured unless they are required as a Mandatory Academic Qualification for the role or declared by the candidate as additional information. The actual number of individuals holding qualifications will therefore be higher.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>New recruits have been defined as candidates who arrived at Phase 1 Training or in the case of Reserve Officers those who passed Army Officer Selection Board Main Board.</p><p> </p><p>Reserves figures are for Group A Reserves. These are Reserves who are recruited through the National Recruiting Centre and are available for employment on specific tasks at home and overseas.</p><p> </p><p>These questions have been answered using information held in recruiting data. They are single service estimates and are not official statistics. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in five have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 6914 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:42:55 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

755703

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: GCSE
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Army recruits who joined the Army since January 2017 held five GCSEs at Grade A* to C.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>Information on the number of GCSEs held by new Army recruits and applicants to join the Army is not held. Only educational qualifications which are mandatory for the role applied for are captured.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 7745 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:44:23 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

755702

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Gender
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Army recruits who joined the Army since January 2017 were (a) male and (b) female.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6917
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Army recruits from 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2017 broken down by gender:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Officer</p></td><td><p>Other Rank</p></td><td><p>Reserve FR20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Male</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>3,080</p></td><td><p>940</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>310</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes</p><p> </p><p>The figures are for Regular Army and FR20 Reserves and therefore exclude Gurkhas and Non-FR20 Reserve Populations. The FR20 population consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) contracts who were previously Army Reservists.</p><p> </p><p>Rounding: Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure; numbers ending in ‘5’ have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 12/09/2017 14:40:08 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

755701

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Army: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many new Army recruits who joined the Army since January 2017 were aged between 16 and 24.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	6916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of Army recruits from 01 January 2017 to 30 June 2017 aged between 16 and 24 on enlistment.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong> Regular </strong></p></td><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Reserve FR20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> Officer </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Other <br> Rank </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Recruits Aged 16-24 years</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 280 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2,810 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 560 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p> </p><p>The figures are for Regular Army and FR20 Reserves and therefore exclude Gurkhas and Non-FR20 Reserve Populations. The FR20 population consists of Group A Army Reserves, some Sponsored Reserves and those personnel serving on Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) contracts who were previously Army Reservists.</p><p> </p><p>Rounding: Figures have been rounded to 10 to limit disclosure; numbers ending in ‘5’ have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/09/2017 16:14:55 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts