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1715204

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service personnel and (b) Army recruits are based at Army Foundation College as of 1 May 2024.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	24550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>As at 1 January 2024, there were 300 Trade Trained personnel and 860 Recruits stationed at the Army Foundation College (Harrogate).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 13/05/2024 12:14:21 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1715210

registered interest
date	01/05/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of improvements to service accommodation at the Army Foundation College since April 2022.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	24554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2024 answer text <p>Approximately £1.5 million has been spent on improvements to service accommodation at the Army Foundation College (Harrogate) over the last two Financial Years.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 13/05/2024 16:52:22 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1714049

registered interest
date	26/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many live complaints of violent behaviour by college staff against recruits were recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system at the time of Ofsted’s inspection of the Army Foundation College on 5 May 2021.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	23930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2024 answer text <p>This Question has been answered using similar methodology and is subject to similar caveats to the answer given to the hon. Member on 15 December 2023 to Question 5872.</p><p> </p><p>As stated in the answer of 15 December 2023, any reports of such behaviour are taken very seriously and investigated thoroughly. Anyone found to be not upholding the high standards that we expect of our personnel will be dealt with accordingly.</p><p> </p><p>Based on a manual data search on 29 April 2024, on 5 May 2021 there were fewer thanthan five live complaints of violent behaviour by college staff against recruits recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system.</p><p> </p><p>Please note:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The total figure has been suppressed to preserve anonymity.</li><li>Each case relates to one suspect but may include more than one alleged incident and/or victim. One suspect may have more than one case recorded.</li><li>JPA is a live system which is updated for retrospective complaints/allegations. The data in this answer only reflects cases that were live on the system as at 5 May 2021.</li><li>In each case a judgement was made as to whether an allegation constituted violent behaviour.</li><li>Please note that the figures provided are single Service estimates based on data which is not gathered for statistical purposes or subject to the same level of scrutiny as official statistics produced by Defence Statistics. The figures provided may therefore be subject to data quality issues affecting their accuracy.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 01/05/2024 16:51:27 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1713846

registered interest
date	25/04/2024
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Army Foundation College is required to inform its independent advisory panel in the event of an allegation of staff misconduct concerning recruits.
tabling member constituency	South Shields
tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
uin	23744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Army Foundation College (Harrogate) regularly brief the Independent Advisory Panel on any allegations of permanent staff misconduct towards Junior Soldiers.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 30/04/2024 11:06:52 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck

1665484

registered interest
date	17/10/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the annual cost to the public purse of running the Army Foundation College.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	202979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The annual cost of running the Army Foundation College (Harrogate) is £85.5 million.</p> answering member constituency South West Wiltshire answering member printed Dr Andrew Murrison question first answered 20/10/2023 11:40:17 answering member 1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1043060

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Ofsted grades the Army Foundation College in Harrogate on the same basis as civilian colleges for the age group.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	209858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Ofsted does not grade the Army Foundation College in Harrogate on the same basis as civilian colleges for the age group.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 23/01/2019 15:30:08 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

982832

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many AFC Harrogate graduates undertook an apprenticeship in each of the last three training years; and if he will list those apprenticeships by apprenticeship level.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	176501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The information is not held in the format requested to determine the number of Army Foundation College (Harrogate) graduates who have started an apprenticeship in the last three years.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 16/10/2018 12:50:57 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

923411

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2018 to Question 150193 on Army Foundation College, if he will provide that data for the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	153416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>Postcode district information, based on primary contact addresses, for recruits who have attended AFC Harrogate over the last three financial years (FY) is set out in the attached table.</p><p>Individuals from 48 Northern Ireland postcode districts have attended Harrogate over the last three years, in compliance with security requirements these have been grouped into one postcode area.</p><p> </p><p>To limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality numbers fewer than five are represented by '~'. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 5 and zero is represented by '-'.</p><p> </p><p>These figures are Single Service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>Only UK postcodes have been included.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 18/06/2018 16:51:58 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb attachment 1 file name 153416 - Liz Saville Roberts.docx title 153416 - Postcodes for AFC Harrogate Recruits
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

917672

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of students at AFC Harrogate from each postcode district.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	150193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Postcode district information, based on primary contact addresses, for recruits currently at AFC Harrogate is set out in the attached table. To limit disclosure and ensure confidentiality numbers of fewer than five are represented by '~'. Figures have also been rounded to the nearest 5.</p><p> </p><p>There are 21 Northern Ireland postcode districts currently represented at AFC Harrogate, in compliance with security requirements these have been grouped into one postcode area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 12/06/2018 16:24:58 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood attachment 1 file name 150193_Postcode_District_of_AFC_Harrogate_Students.docx title Postcode District of AFC Harrogate Students
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

910201

registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Army Foundation College
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many students at AFC Harrogate had origin addresses in (a) Wales, (b) England and (c) Scotland in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	147491
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The number of students at Army Foundation college (AFC) Harrogate over the last five years broken down by their primary contact address provided during the recruitment process is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="5"><p>Training Year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2017-18*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>1,060</p></td><td><p>1,120</p></td><td><p>1,140</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*Figures for the 2017-18 do not include March 2018 intake address data which is not currently available by region. The total number of Junior Entry Entrants arriving at AFC Harrogate in Training Year 2017-18 is 1,300.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Please note that these figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.</p><p> </p><p>For presentational purposes the figures have been rounded to improve the clarity of output and convey an appropriate level of precision to users.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth East answering member printed Mr Tobias Ellwood question first answered 05/06/2018 13:40:46 answering member 1487 label Biography information for Mr Tobias Ellwood
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts