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<p>The Ministry of Defence keeps accurate records of the number and value of scholarships
and bursaries awarded. However, the Defence Recruiting System has no field to record
the status of a school i.e. state or private. This means that a determination as to
school status would require every case to be manually opened and individual documents
scrutinised.</p><p> </p><p>Awards of scholarships and bursaries are made on merit
alone and the status of an applicant’s school has no bearing on the outcome of any
decisions. For that reason, the Department has no plans to create a central record
of the school status of recipients of scholarships and bursaries.</p><p> </p><p>The
single Services have provided the following information on bursaries and scholarships:</p><p>
</p><p><strong>Naval Service</strong><strong>:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Bursaries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Value of Bursaries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defence
Technical Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total value
of DTUS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scholarships</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total
Value of Scholarships</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£51,500</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>£160,000</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>£10,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>£50,500</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>£92,000</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>£16,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>£50,500</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>£132,000</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>£24,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>£9,500</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>£164,000</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>£1,500</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Note: information from 2016 is not held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Army</strong><strong>:</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Bursaries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Note: </strong>figures for 2016-17 are for Standard Bursary awards
only. Figures for all other years also include Technical Bursary and Enhanced Bursary
awards</p><p> </p><p><strong>Professionally Qualified Officer (Medical) Bursaries
2016-2019</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Doctors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Dentist</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Vets</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nurses</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Soldier
Nurses</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Awards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p><strong>Army Officer Scholarship Scheme Awards 2015-2019</strong></p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scholarship
</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>In the time available, the Army have not been able to provide complete financial
information for 2016-17 and 2017-18. In addition, all the following figures are approximate:</p><p>
</p><p><strong>Army Spend on Bursaries and Scholarships 2016-17 to 2019-20</strong></p><p>2016-17
– £930,000</p><p>2017-18 – £1.4 million</p><p>2018-19 – £3 million</p><p>2019-20 –
£3.8 million</p><p> </p><p><strong>Royal Air Force (RAF)</strong><strong>:</strong></p><p>
</p><p>In each of the last five Financial Years (FY, 2016-17 to 2020-21) the RAF have
awarded 100 university bursaries. The total value of these bursaries in each FY was
approximately £850,000 to £900,000.</p><p> </p>
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