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1134825

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the training available to Army personnel.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	269704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>Army training meets the requirements of the Army through the provision of a skilled and capable force progressing from basic training to trade training, followed by collective and, where relevant, mission specific training. For the personnel it provides a challenging and rewarding experience.</p><p>Courses are regularly reviewed and refreshed, against current military doctrine and knowledge, to ensure currency and relevance. Where appropriate external validation, for example by Ofsted, takes place.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 03/07/2019 15:52:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

844098

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	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of time taken is between the start of phase one training and deployable capability for an infantry soldier aged (a) 18 or over and (b) 16; and what the average (i) training, (ii) salary and (iii) other costs are for that training.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	128438
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The average length of time taken between the start of Basic Training, and completion of Initial Trade Training for a Regular Army Infantry Over 18 Standard Entrant is 277 days. For the Regular Army Infantry Under 18 Junior Entrant it is 489 days.</p><p>The single Service estimated average costs, for a Regular Army Infantry Over 18 Standard Entrant is as follows:</p><p>Direct Training - £6,000</p><p>Salary - £40,600 (this includes trainer and trainee salary costs)</p><p>Other costs - £6,400</p><p>The single Service estimated average costs, for a Regular Army Infantry Under 18 Junior Entrant is as follows:</p><p>Direct Training - £33,700</p><p>Salary - £62,300 (this includes trainer and trainee salary costs)</p><p>Other costs - £7,500</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/02/2018 17:59:23 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

832909

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what funding his Department plans to provide for officer training corps units in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland and (e) the UK in the current financial year.
tabling member constituency	Aberdeen South
tabling member printed	Ross Thomson
uin	125225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 15 November 2017 to Question 112448 to the hon. Member for Belfast East (Gavin Robinson), which includes the planned funding for University Officer Training Corps for financial year 2017-18<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 06/02/2018 15:56:46 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton attachment 1 file name Hansard Extract 15 November 2017 HOC 112448.docx title 112448 - WQnA extract on Reserve Forces
tabling member	4599 label Biography information for Ross Thomson

805236

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	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of Army recruits aged (a) under 18 years and (b) 18 years and over completed phase two training and trained trade strength in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	118908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2017 answer text <p>The proportion of Army recruits aged under 18 years and 18 years or over on enlistment and who completed phase two training and joined the trade strength is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year of Intake</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Under 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>18 and over</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>69%</p></td><td><p>74%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>The figures are for Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from Gurkha Trained Adult Manpower to UK Trained Adult Personnel.</p><p> </p><p>The table above provides a proportion of phase 2 Trained personnel based upon an intake cohort in a financial year 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p>This year is the latest available intake cohort where nearly all personnel have either outflowed from training or completed phase 2 training.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 19/12/2017 16:19:07 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

797554

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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost of running (a) Phase 1 training at AFC Harrogate including trainee salaries and associated costs and (b) the Combat Infantryman's Course (Phase 1 and 2 training) at ITC Catterick including trainee salaries and associated costs was in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	116517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>It will take some time to collate and analyse the relevant information to respond. I will write once this process is complete and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 116519 116520 116522 116523 question first answered 06/12/2017 15:34:14 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

797556

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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost was of each successfully trained recruit of (a) Phase 1 and 2 training at ITC Catterick, (b) Phase 1 training at ATC Pirbright, (c) Phase 1 training at ATR Bassingbourn and (d) Phase 1 training at AFC Harrogate including trainee salaries and associated costs in the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	116519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>It will take some time to collate and analyse the relevant information to respond. I will write once this process is complete and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 116517 116520 116522 116523 question first answered 06/12/2017 15:34:14 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

795174

registered interest
date	27/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What plans he has to maintain British Army training in Kenya.
tabling member constituency	Newark
tabling member printed	Robert Jenrick
uin	902567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2017 answer text <p>There are no plans to stop British Army training in Kenya, and we will be discussing the location of future training with the Kenyan Government.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/11/2017 18:00:07 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick

790907

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of participants in university Officer Training Corps complete (a) the Army Reserve Commissioning Course and (b) the Commissioning Course for Regular Officers.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	113569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2017 answer text <p>Between 1 October 2009 and 1 September 2012 a total of 9,250 officer cadets attended the University Officer Training Corps (UOTC). The number of those who went on to hold a commissioned rank in the Army is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Commissioned Rank</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regular Officers</p></td><td><p>1,040 (11%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reserve Officers</p></td><td><p>400 (4%)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The date parameters were selected to allow sufficient time for the cadet to complete their university and subsequent Royal Military Academy Sandhurst commissioning course. The numbers above do not include personnel who joined the Army as a soldier.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes</strong></p><p>Figures include Regulars and Group A Reserves who held a commissioned officer rank and had previously been officer cadets at University Officer Training Corp units.</p><p>Some regular Officers (around 160) initially held a reserves commission and therefore appear in both figures..</p><p>Those who became a Regular Officer and subsequently joined the Group A Reserve have not been double counted within those who joined Group A reserves.</p><p>Professionally qualified personnel, such as doctors, who commission on entry, i.e. before they attend a commissioning course, are included in the figures.</p><p>Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 23/11/2017 15:53:22 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

790920

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many battle groups were trained at British Army Training Unit Kenya in each year from 2010 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	113665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Details of the number of battlegroup exercises at the British Army Training Unit in Kenya by year are given below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Exercises</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/11/2017 17:41:48 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

790921

registered interest
date	16/11/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost of each of the British Army's overseas training centres was in each year from 2010 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
uin	113666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Information relating to the costs of the British Army's three main overseas training centres is not held centrally in the format requested and will take time to collate. I will write to the hon. Member with the available information shortly.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 21/11/2017 17:40:22 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins