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843645

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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: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost per recruit to the Army Foundation College, Harrogate, for non-military training and education was in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	127986
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The average cost per recruit of non-military training at the Army Foundation College in each of the last three years is shown below.</p><p> </p><p>Non-military training has been determined as the cost of functional skills education provision, BTEC qualifications and the sports and skills package delivered in the evening.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average cost per recruit</p></td><td><p>£2,872</p></td><td><p>£2,267</p></td><td><p>£2,773</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/02/2018 14:33:42 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

843649

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: Recruitment
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 service is for a soldier who enlists (a) aged over 18 years and (b) below 18 years old.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	127990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The average length of service for a soldier who enlists aged over 18 years old is nine years and nine months. The average for a soldier enlisting under 18 years old is 13 years and two months.</p><p>For an infantry soldier who enlists aged over 18 years old, the average length of service is eight years and two months. The average for an infantry soldier enlisting under 18 years old is 11 years and two months.</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>The figures exclude Ghurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service and Mobilised Reserves. This also excludes any soldiers who do not complete Initial Trade Training.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 127991 question first answered 27/02/2018 14:34:45 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

843650

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: Recruitment
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 service is for an infantry soldier who enlists (a) aged over 18 years and (b) below 18 years old.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	127991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The average length of service for a soldier who enlists aged over 18 years old is nine years and nine months. The average for a soldier enlisting under 18 years old is 13 years and two months.</p><p>For an infantry soldier who enlists aged over 18 years old, the average length of service is eight years and two months. The average for an infantry soldier enlisting under 18 years old is 11 years and two months.</p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>The figures exclude Ghurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service and Mobilised Reserves. This also excludes any soldiers who do not complete Initial Trade Training.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 127990 question first answered 27/02/2018 14:34:45 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

843651

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: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits (a) enlisted at and (b) completed Phase 1 training at (i) AFC Harrogate (ii) ATC Pirbright (iii) ATR Bassingbourn (iv) ITC Catterick 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	127992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of recruits who enlisted, and completed Basic training at the following sites: Army Foundation College (AFC) Harrogate; Army Training Centre (ATC) Pirbright and the Army Training Regiment (ATR) Winchester; and the number of recruits who enlisted Basic training and completed Initial Trade training at Infantry Training Centre (ITC) Catterick are shown below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>AFC Harrogate</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enlisted Basic Training</strong></p></td><td><p>1,329</p></td><td><p>1,377</p></td><td><p>1,415</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed Basic Training</strong></p></td><td><p>1,006</p></td><td><p>1,036</p></td><td><p>1,096</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>ATC Pirbright</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enlisted Basic Training</strong></p></td><td><p>2,716</p></td><td><p>2,798</p></td><td><p>2,763</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed Basic Training</strong></p></td><td><p>1,911</p></td><td><p>2,314</p></td><td><p>2,330</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>ATR Winchester</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enlisted Basic Training </strong></p></td><td><p>1,063</p></td><td><p>1,185</p></td><td><p>1,010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed Basic Training</strong></p></td><td><p>884</p></td><td><p>947</p></td><td><p>868</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>ITC Catterick</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enlisted Basic Training </strong></p></td><td><p>2,178</p></td><td><p>2,141</p></td><td><p>1,741</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Completed Basic and Initial Trade Training</strong></p></td><td><p>1,495</p></td><td><p>1,750</p></td><td><p>1,637</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Army Training Regiment (ATR) Bassingbourn was closed in August 2012. The above information does not represent cohorts, for example recruits will often complete training the following financial year.</p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/02/2018 14:30:10 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

843809

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: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of recruits under 18 years of age attended the Army Foundation College in Harrogate in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	128247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The proportion of under 18 recruits that attended Army Foundation College (Harrogate) in each of the last three financial years is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75%</p></td><td><p>78%</p></td><td><p>79%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 27/02/2018 14:32:15 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

839290

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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, what the total spend was on army recruitment advertising via (a) Facebook, (b) Snapchat and (c) Twitter in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	127844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The total spend for Army recruitment advertising over the past three years on Facebook and Twitter is shown in the table below. There was no spend on Snapchat.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Financial Year 2015-16</p></td><td><p>Financial Year 2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18 (Up to 31 December 2017)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Facebook</p></td><td><p>£844,000</p></td><td><p>£1,076,000</p></td><td><p>£481,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Twitter</p></td><td><p>£161,000</p></td><td><p>£218,000</p></td><td><p>£41,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures above include £2,000 spent boosting Facebook posts in 2016-17 and £19,400 in 2017-18.</p><p>The target audience for boosted Facebook posts are those aged between 16 and 24 for the Regular Army and between 16 and 35 for the Reserves that have expressed an interest in a career with the British Army.</p><p> </p><p>For presentational purposes, figures have been rounded to the nearest £1,000 to improve the clarity of output and convey an appropriate level of precision. Figures are a single Service estimate.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 127845 question first answered 20/02/2018 17:35:29 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

839291

registered interest
date	08/02/2018
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 much his Department has spent to boost posts on the Army Jobs Facebook page in each of the last three years; and what the target audience was for each of those posts.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	127845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>The total spend for Army recruitment advertising over the past three years on Facebook and Twitter is shown in the table below. There was no spend on Snapchat.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Financial Year 2015-16</p></td><td><p>Financial Year 2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18 (Up to 31 December 2017)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Facebook</p></td><td><p>£844,000</p></td><td><p>£1,076,000</p></td><td><p>£481,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Twitter</p></td><td><p>£161,000</p></td><td><p>£218,000</p></td><td><p>£41,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures above include £2,000 spent boosting Facebook posts in 2016-17 and £19,400 in 2017-18.</p><p>The target audience for boosted Facebook posts are those aged between 16 and 24 for the Regular Army and between 16 and 35 for the Reserves that have expressed an interest in a career with the British Army.</p><p> </p><p>For presentational purposes, figures have been rounded to the nearest £1,000 to improve the clarity of output and convey an appropriate level of precision. Figures are a single Service estimate.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 127844 question first answered 20/02/2018 17:35:30 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

810583

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Apprentice College Harrogate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits training at AFC Harrogate completed an apprenticeship in each of the past five years; and how many of those apprenticeships were apprenticeships in Public Services.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	120928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>AFC Harrogate (AFC(H)) does not offer a full BTEC course due to the lack of time available within the syllabus; instead it offers modules of a Public Services Elements (BTEC) certificate which is matched to an individual junior soldier’s need, depending on their educational attainment to date.</p><p> </p><p>Rather than offering GCSE re-sits, AFC(H) focuses on the delivery of functional skills training and qualifications, including Functional Skills Levels 1 and 2 in English, mathematics and ICT. These vocational qualifications are career focused and are also recognised by civilian employers. They give junior soldiers the best opportunity to progress in their career, and are therefore more relevant to advancing their social mobility. A high percentage of those who have entered through Junior Entry, and choose to remain in service, will be promoted through the ranks, to become Non Commissioned Officers and Warrant Officers in the British Army after gaining these functional skills.</p><p> </p><p>All junior soldiers at AFC (H) are enrolled onto the Army apprenticeship, which is then transferred to a trade-related apprenticeship when they commence initial trade training, following graduation from AFC(H). To provide a detailed breakdown of achievement in apprenticeships specific to AFC(H) is not possible, as this information is not held in the required format and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Whilst the Army tracks apprenticeship achievements for all of its personnel, it does not monitor this against their points of entry, as this is not required in order to meet its business needs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 120930 question first answered 08/01/2018 16:23:14 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

810584

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Apprentice College Harrogate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the maximum training capacity is of AFC Harrogate; and how many of those places were filled at the September 2017 intake.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	120929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of Junior Entry Entrants arriving at Army Foundation College Harrogate (AFC (H)) in Training Year’s 2014-2015, 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 is shown below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>AFC (H) Intake Training Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014-2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1,330</p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td><td><p>1,410</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The maximum number of spaces available at AFC (H) is 1,632 Junior Soldiers per training year. This is made up of one Junior Entry (Long) and two Junior Entry (Short) courses.</p><p> </p><p>The number of Junior Entry Entrants arriving at Army Foundation College Harrogate in Training Year 2017-18 to date is 900.</p><p> </p><p><strong><br> </strong></p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>For presentation purpose, intake figures have been rounded to 10. Rounding is necessary, as a means of disclosure control and the preservation of anonymity; it also improves the clarity of output and conveys an appropriate level of precision to users.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are single service estimates only and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>The intake figure for Training Year 2017-18 is comprised of Junior Entry Entrants arriving in September and October 2017. Around 270 entrants started in September and around 630 started in October. Intake is normally split between these two months. The next intake for this Training Year is due to start March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>AFC (H) has a total number of 1,344 bed spaces available at any one time; however, running two Junior Entry (Short) courses per year allows AFC (H) to have the maximum capacity of 1,632 stated above.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster grouped question UIN 120932 question first answered 08/01/2018 15:51:04 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts