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<p>The cost of setting up a new Combined Cadet Force (CCF) unit under the Cadet Expansion
Programme depends largely on the number of cadets in the unit. <br><br>Decisions on
opening new CCFs in schools are made jointly by the Department for Education and Ministry
of Defence (MOD). The key criteria for deciding which schools can establish a new
CCF are the ability of the school to fund the new unit and provide sufficient adult
volunteers to run it. However, we are particularly interested in establishing CCFs
in areas of deprivation.<br><br>No assessment has been made of the effect of establishing
new CCFs in state schools on recruitment to community cadet units. However, it should
be noted that CCFs and community cadet units deliver different but complementary elements
of the MOD's youth engagement strategy.</p>
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