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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

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

755700

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: Social Class
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 from the lowest socio-economic groups.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	6915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Army do not hold this information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 7744 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:43:26 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

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

756806

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: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have applied to join the Army from the lowest three socio-economic groups since the commencement of the This is Belonging campaign.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	7744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Army do not hold this information in the format requested.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 6915 question first answered 11/09/2017 15:43:26 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

756807

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: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people who have applied to join the Army since the commencement of the This is Belonging campaign have achieved five GCSEs with grades C and above.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	7745
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 6918 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