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801093

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Females
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many women (a) applied for, (b) were accepted on and (c) completed the Initial Officer Training Course at RAF College Cranwell for each course since the start of 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	117652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>There were 4,318 applications from women, and 263 women were accepted onto Initial Officer Training (IOT) at RAF College Cranwell between 1 January 2015 and 31 October 2017. Successful applicants are then allocated to a course.</p><p>The number of women who completed IOT, broken down by year and course, is shown in the attached tables.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/12/2017 15:45:29 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 117652 - Nia Griffith.docx title Women completing the Initial Officer Training
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1131063

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Royal Military Academy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from (a) state and (b) independent schools were accepted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	262308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of Officer Cadets who attended either independent or state schools, on the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) Direct Entry (DE) Regular Commissioning (Reg C) Course in the last five years can be found in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>Officer selection focusses on leadership potential rather than the school attended. Such data is only recorded for the DE Reg C course. As at 1 April 2019 around 9% of officers were professionally qualified and around 22% were Late Entry, neither of which commission through the DE Reg C course.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 13/06/2019 15:09:27 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 262308 - Nia Griffith.docx title Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

1140409

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Defence Fire and Rescue Service: Serco
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 July 2019 on Defence Fire and Rescue Project, HCWS1758, what the total cost was to his Department of the legal challenge from Serco Ltd.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	278932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The total cost of Serco's legal challenge to the Defence Fire and Rescue procurement process is expected to be less than £11 million. The majority of this is the cost of the financial settlement mutually agreed with Serco, the details of which were set out in my statement of 18 July 2019 (HCWS1758).</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 23/07/2019 13:12:08 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 18 July 2019, HCWS 1758.docx title Defence Fire and Rescue Project
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

823627

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Navy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Minister for the Armed Forces’ oral contribution of 15 January 2018, Official Report, column 596, how many personnel he plans to increase the Royal Navy by and over what period.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	123086
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave her on 20 July 2017 to Question number 5260.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 24/01/2018 16:05:15 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 20170717_5260_Navy.docx title 5260 - WQnA extract on the Royal Navy
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

984533

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy are taking to increase opportunities for non-commissioned personnel to become commissioned officers.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	177244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p><strong>Royal Navy (RN)</strong></p><p>The Royal Navy continues to encourage promotion from the rating corps through the use of the Upper Yardman (UY) and Senior Upper Yardman (SUY) schemes in order to maintain a sustainable structure and suitable balance of direct entrants and former ratings. In 2017 the SUY route was extended to include additional incentives to encourage more Warrant Officers to apply. This is now known as the SUY(Warrant Officer) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy issues regular information on this subject to all its personnel to encourage consideration of this promotion route. In recent years the Navy has reviewed and extended the validity of the Admiralty Interview Board pass for UY and SUY candidates and adjusted age limitations placed on these routes to expand the candidate pool. In 2018 the RN made clear the process to be followed to apply for a Commission, and the ability for candidates to apply at the same time for multiple routes (UY, SUY or SUY(WO) if eligible) and for multiple branches subject to the requisite skills and qualifications. In addition, the Engineers issued separate guidance to clarify the routes for rating candidates to be extracted as Engineer Officers to maximise opportunities, and minimise training requirements based on their academic qualifications, such as those already degree qualified, or who have attained a Foundation Degree through technical career courses for ratings.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy offers additional options to those who have been unsuccessful in their officer application within their chosen branch. As an example, unsuccessful Air Engineering SUY and SUY(WO) candidates are informed that applications for other shortage branches, such as Weapon Engineering, are welcomed and will not adversely affect further applications in their source Branch.</p><p> </p><p>Typically, over a third of Royal Navy Officer corps are recruited via the UY/SUY route. The Royal Navy will continue to review extraction routes for ratings to become Officers and the Service remains committed to ensuring there are healthy promotion prospects where a Service need exists.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p>Soldiers with the potential to become Officers are identified by their performance on courses (such as the Command Leadership and Management course) and their annual appraisals. Soldiers are made aware of the opportunity to become Commissioned Officers by their Chain of Command, internal publications and initiatives such as the Potential Officer Development Programme. The number of opportunities available is dependent on the needs of the specific Army cap badges.</p><p> </p><p>The Army Reserve has always recruited a significant number of its Officers from within its cohort of other Ranks. Since March 2016 only Professionally Qualified and Specialist Officers join direct into the Officer cohort; all others wishing to join the Army Reserve as Direct Entry Officers are required to enlist as Soldiers first.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Air Force (RAF)</strong></p><p>There are a number of opportunities throughout an Airman/woman’s career that provide options for personnel to explore commissioning, including through the Joint Appraisal Report system, RAF Unit Commissioning Clubs and the Branch Engineering Scheme which is a bespoke commissioning pathway for Other Rank engineers which is designed to offer academic qualification via dedicated study at RAF Cosford. Currently, the RAF has a 30% annual Officer intake from the non-commissioned cohort and this has remained stable for the last few years.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information on the numbers of Service personnel promoted from Other Ranks to Officers, including a breakdown by gender, ethnicity and Commonwealth nationality is provided in the attached tables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 177248 177249 177250 177251 question first answered 17/10/2018 14:00:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 177244 - Final Promotions to Officer-TABLES (1).xlsx title 177244 - Armed Forces Final Promotions to Officer
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

984549

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy were promoted from Other Ranks to Officer in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	177248
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p><strong>Royal Navy (RN)</strong></p><p>The Royal Navy continues to encourage promotion from the rating corps through the use of the Upper Yardman (UY) and Senior Upper Yardman (SUY) schemes in order to maintain a sustainable structure and suitable balance of direct entrants and former ratings. In 2017 the SUY route was extended to include additional incentives to encourage more Warrant Officers to apply. This is now known as the SUY(Warrant Officer) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy issues regular information on this subject to all its personnel to encourage consideration of this promotion route. In recent years the Navy has reviewed and extended the validity of the Admiralty Interview Board pass for UY and SUY candidates and adjusted age limitations placed on these routes to expand the candidate pool. In 2018 the RN made clear the process to be followed to apply for a Commission, and the ability for candidates to apply at the same time for multiple routes (UY, SUY or SUY(WO) if eligible) and for multiple branches subject to the requisite skills and qualifications. In addition, the Engineers issued separate guidance to clarify the routes for rating candidates to be extracted as Engineer Officers to maximise opportunities, and minimise training requirements based on their academic qualifications, such as those already degree qualified, or who have attained a Foundation Degree through technical career courses for ratings.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy offers additional options to those who have been unsuccessful in their officer application within their chosen branch. As an example, unsuccessful Air Engineering SUY and SUY(WO) candidates are informed that applications for other shortage branches, such as Weapon Engineering, are welcomed and will not adversely affect further applications in their source Branch.</p><p> </p><p>Typically, over a third of Royal Navy Officer corps are recruited via the UY/SUY route. The Royal Navy will continue to review extraction routes for ratings to become Officers and the Service remains committed to ensuring there are healthy promotion prospects where a Service need exists.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p>Soldiers with the potential to become Officers are identified by their performance on courses (such as the Command Leadership and Management course) and their annual appraisals. Soldiers are made aware of the opportunity to become Commissioned Officers by their Chain of Command, internal publications and initiatives such as the Potential Officer Development Programme. The number of opportunities available is dependent on the needs of the specific Army cap badges.</p><p> </p><p>The Army Reserve has always recruited a significant number of its Officers from within its cohort of other Ranks. Since March 2016 only Professionally Qualified and Specialist Officers join direct into the Officer cohort; all others wishing to join the Army Reserve as Direct Entry Officers are required to enlist as Soldiers first.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Air Force (RAF)</strong></p><p>There are a number of opportunities throughout an Airman/woman’s career that provide options for personnel to explore commissioning, including through the Joint Appraisal Report system, RAF Unit Commissioning Clubs and the Branch Engineering Scheme which is a bespoke commissioning pathway for Other Rank engineers which is designed to offer academic qualification via dedicated study at RAF Cosford. Currently, the RAF has a 30% annual Officer intake from the non-commissioned cohort and this has remained stable for the last few years.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information on the numbers of Service personnel promoted from Other Ranks to Officers, including a breakdown by gender, ethnicity and Commonwealth nationality is provided in the attached tables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 177244 177249 177250 177251 question first answered 17/10/2018 14:00:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 177244 - Final Promotions to Officer-TABLES (1).xlsx title 177244 - Armed Forces Final Promotions to Officer
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

984550

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) women and (b) men in the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Air Force and (iii) Royal Navy were promoted from Other Ranks to Officer in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	177249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p><strong>Royal Navy (RN)</strong></p><p>The Royal Navy continues to encourage promotion from the rating corps through the use of the Upper Yardman (UY) and Senior Upper Yardman (SUY) schemes in order to maintain a sustainable structure and suitable balance of direct entrants and former ratings. In 2017 the SUY route was extended to include additional incentives to encourage more Warrant Officers to apply. This is now known as the SUY(Warrant Officer) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy issues regular information on this subject to all its personnel to encourage consideration of this promotion route. In recent years the Navy has reviewed and extended the validity of the Admiralty Interview Board pass for UY and SUY candidates and adjusted age limitations placed on these routes to expand the candidate pool. In 2018 the RN made clear the process to be followed to apply for a Commission, and the ability for candidates to apply at the same time for multiple routes (UY, SUY or SUY(WO) if eligible) and for multiple branches subject to the requisite skills and qualifications. In addition, the Engineers issued separate guidance to clarify the routes for rating candidates to be extracted as Engineer Officers to maximise opportunities, and minimise training requirements based on their academic qualifications, such as those already degree qualified, or who have attained a Foundation Degree through technical career courses for ratings.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy offers additional options to those who have been unsuccessful in their officer application within their chosen branch. As an example, unsuccessful Air Engineering SUY and SUY(WO) candidates are informed that applications for other shortage branches, such as Weapon Engineering, are welcomed and will not adversely affect further applications in their source Branch.</p><p> </p><p>Typically, over a third of Royal Navy Officer corps are recruited via the UY/SUY route. The Royal Navy will continue to review extraction routes for ratings to become Officers and the Service remains committed to ensuring there are healthy promotion prospects where a Service need exists.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p>Soldiers with the potential to become Officers are identified by their performance on courses (such as the Command Leadership and Management course) and their annual appraisals. Soldiers are made aware of the opportunity to become Commissioned Officers by their Chain of Command, internal publications and initiatives such as the Potential Officer Development Programme. The number of opportunities available is dependent on the needs of the specific Army cap badges.</p><p> </p><p>The Army Reserve has always recruited a significant number of its Officers from within its cohort of other Ranks. Since March 2016 only Professionally Qualified and Specialist Officers join direct into the Officer cohort; all others wishing to join the Army Reserve as Direct Entry Officers are required to enlist as Soldiers first.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Air Force (RAF)</strong></p><p>There are a number of opportunities throughout an Airman/woman’s career that provide options for personnel to explore commissioning, including through the Joint Appraisal Report system, RAF Unit Commissioning Clubs and the Branch Engineering Scheme which is a bespoke commissioning pathway for Other Rank engineers which is designed to offer academic qualification via dedicated study at RAF Cosford. Currently, the RAF has a 30% annual Officer intake from the non-commissioned cohort and this has remained stable for the last few years.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information on the numbers of Service personnel promoted from Other Ranks to Officers, including a breakdown by gender, ethnicity and Commonwealth nationality is provided in the attached tables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 177244 177248 177250 177251 question first answered 17/10/2018 14:00:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 177244 - Final Promotions to Officer-TABLES (1).xlsx title 177244 - Armed Forces Final Promotions to Officer
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

984552

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many BAME personnel in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy were promoted from Other Ranks to Officer in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	177250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p><strong>Royal Navy (RN)</strong></p><p>The Royal Navy continues to encourage promotion from the rating corps through the use of the Upper Yardman (UY) and Senior Upper Yardman (SUY) schemes in order to maintain a sustainable structure and suitable balance of direct entrants and former ratings. In 2017 the SUY route was extended to include additional incentives to encourage more Warrant Officers to apply. This is now known as the SUY(Warrant Officer) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy issues regular information on this subject to all its personnel to encourage consideration of this promotion route. In recent years the Navy has reviewed and extended the validity of the Admiralty Interview Board pass for UY and SUY candidates and adjusted age limitations placed on these routes to expand the candidate pool. In 2018 the RN made clear the process to be followed to apply for a Commission, and the ability for candidates to apply at the same time for multiple routes (UY, SUY or SUY(WO) if eligible) and for multiple branches subject to the requisite skills and qualifications. In addition, the Engineers issued separate guidance to clarify the routes for rating candidates to be extracted as Engineer Officers to maximise opportunities, and minimise training requirements based on their academic qualifications, such as those already degree qualified, or who have attained a Foundation Degree through technical career courses for ratings.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy offers additional options to those who have been unsuccessful in their officer application within their chosen branch. As an example, unsuccessful Air Engineering SUY and SUY(WO) candidates are informed that applications for other shortage branches, such as Weapon Engineering, are welcomed and will not adversely affect further applications in their source Branch.</p><p> </p><p>Typically, over a third of Royal Navy Officer corps are recruited via the UY/SUY route. The Royal Navy will continue to review extraction routes for ratings to become Officers and the Service remains committed to ensuring there are healthy promotion prospects where a Service need exists.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p>Soldiers with the potential to become Officers are identified by their performance on courses (such as the Command Leadership and Management course) and their annual appraisals. Soldiers are made aware of the opportunity to become Commissioned Officers by their Chain of Command, internal publications and initiatives such as the Potential Officer Development Programme. The number of opportunities available is dependent on the needs of the specific Army cap badges.</p><p> </p><p>The Army Reserve has always recruited a significant number of its Officers from within its cohort of other Ranks. Since March 2016 only Professionally Qualified and Specialist Officers join direct into the Officer cohort; all others wishing to join the Army Reserve as Direct Entry Officers are required to enlist as Soldiers first.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Air Force (RAF)</strong></p><p>There are a number of opportunities throughout an Airman/woman’s career that provide options for personnel to explore commissioning, including through the Joint Appraisal Report system, RAF Unit Commissioning Clubs and the Branch Engineering Scheme which is a bespoke commissioning pathway for Other Rank engineers which is designed to offer academic qualification via dedicated study at RAF Cosford. Currently, the RAF has a 30% annual Officer intake from the non-commissioned cohort and this has remained stable for the last few years.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information on the numbers of Service personnel promoted from Other Ranks to Officers, including a breakdown by gender, ethnicity and Commonwealth nationality is provided in the attached tables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 177244 177248 177249 177251 question first answered 17/10/2018 14:00:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 177244 - Final Promotions to Officer-TABLES (1).xlsx title 177244 - Armed Forces Final Promotions to Officer
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

984554

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Armed Forces: Officers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Commonwealth citizens in the Armed Forces were promoted from Other Ranks to Officer in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	177251
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2018 answer text <p><strong>Royal Navy (RN)</strong></p><p>The Royal Navy continues to encourage promotion from the rating corps through the use of the Upper Yardman (UY) and Senior Upper Yardman (SUY) schemes in order to maintain a sustainable structure and suitable balance of direct entrants and former ratings. In 2017 the SUY route was extended to include additional incentives to encourage more Warrant Officers to apply. This is now known as the SUY(Warrant Officer) scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy issues regular information on this subject to all its personnel to encourage consideration of this promotion route. In recent years the Navy has reviewed and extended the validity of the Admiralty Interview Board pass for UY and SUY candidates and adjusted age limitations placed on these routes to expand the candidate pool. In 2018 the RN made clear the process to be followed to apply for a Commission, and the ability for candidates to apply at the same time for multiple routes (UY, SUY or SUY(WO) if eligible) and for multiple branches subject to the requisite skills and qualifications. In addition, the Engineers issued separate guidance to clarify the routes for rating candidates to be extracted as Engineer Officers to maximise opportunities, and minimise training requirements based on their academic qualifications, such as those already degree qualified, or who have attained a Foundation Degree through technical career courses for ratings.</p><p> </p><p>The Royal Navy offers additional options to those who have been unsuccessful in their officer application within their chosen branch. As an example, unsuccessful Air Engineering SUY and SUY(WO) candidates are informed that applications for other shortage branches, such as Weapon Engineering, are welcomed and will not adversely affect further applications in their source Branch.</p><p> </p><p>Typically, over a third of Royal Navy Officer corps are recruited via the UY/SUY route. The Royal Navy will continue to review extraction routes for ratings to become Officers and the Service remains committed to ensuring there are healthy promotion prospects where a Service need exists.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong></p><p>Soldiers with the potential to become Officers are identified by their performance on courses (such as the Command Leadership and Management course) and their annual appraisals. Soldiers are made aware of the opportunity to become Commissioned Officers by their Chain of Command, internal publications and initiatives such as the Potential Officer Development Programme. The number of opportunities available is dependent on the needs of the specific Army cap badges.</p><p> </p><p>The Army Reserve has always recruited a significant number of its Officers from within its cohort of other Ranks. Since March 2016 only Professionally Qualified and Specialist Officers join direct into the Officer cohort; all others wishing to join the Army Reserve as Direct Entry Officers are required to enlist as Soldiers first.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Air Force (RAF)</strong></p><p>There are a number of opportunities throughout an Airman/woman’s career that provide options for personnel to explore commissioning, including through the Joint Appraisal Report system, RAF Unit Commissioning Clubs and the Branch Engineering Scheme which is a bespoke commissioning pathway for Other Rank engineers which is designed to offer academic qualification via dedicated study at RAF Cosford. Currently, the RAF has a 30% annual Officer intake from the non-commissioned cohort and this has remained stable for the last few years.</p><p> </p><p>The requested information on the numbers of Service personnel promoted from Other Ranks to Officers, including a breakdown by gender, ethnicity and Commonwealth nationality is provided in the attached tables.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood grouped question UIN 177244 177248 177249 177250 question first answered 17/10/2018 14:00:32 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 177244 - Final Promotions to Officer-TABLES (1).xlsx title 177244 - Armed Forces Final Promotions to Officer
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

805164

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Air Force: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many men (a) applied for, (b) were accepted on and (c) completed the Initial Officer Training Course at RAF College Cranwell for each course since the start of 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Llanelli
	tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
	uin	118836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>There were 18,331 applications from men, and 1,232 men were accepted onto Initial Officer Training (IOT) at RAF College Cranwell between 1 January 2015 and 31 October 2017. Successful applicants are then allocated to a course.</p><p> </p><p>The number of men who completed IOT, broken down by year and course, is provided in the attached.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 19/12/2017 16:17:19 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 118836 - Nia Griffith.docx title 118836-Men who completed Initial Officer Training
	tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith