The intake into the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) by ethnicity for the last five years can be found in the table below:<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/p>
Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2017-18<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2018-19<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total Intake<\/p><\/td> 480<\/p><\/td> 540<\/p><\/td> 610<\/p><\/td> 590<\/p><\/td> 600<\/p><\/td><\/tr> of which:<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> BAME<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> White<\/p><\/td> 470<\/p><\/td> 520<\/p><\/td> 580<\/p><\/td> 540<\/p><\/td> 560<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Unknown<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td> 10<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The table represents those that have been posted to RMAS on the Joint Personnel Administration System but does not represent all of those that attend RMAS. The ethnicity of total Officer intake, both Regular and Reserve, can be found in the published Biannual Statistics at the following link, but will include small numbers of trained personnel who do not go through RMAS selection:<\/p> <\/p> https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-biannual-diversity-statistics-2019<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Notes/Caveats:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people that identified as (a) BAME and (b) White were accepted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1131063/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The number of Officer Cadets who attended either independent or state schools, on the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) Direct Entry (DE) Regular Commissioning (Reg C) Course in the last five years can be found in the attached table.<\/p> <\/p> Officer selection focusses on leadership potential rather than the school attended. Such data is only recorded for the DE Reg C course. As at 1 April 2019 around 9% of officers were professionally qualified and around 22% were Late Entry, neither of which commission through the DE Reg C course.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people from (a) state and (b) independent schools were accepted to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/917134/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The number of recruits beginning courses at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in each of the last five years are shown on the tables below:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Training Year<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Course Title<\/p><\/td> 2013-14<\/p><\/td> 2014-15<\/p><\/td> 2015-16<\/p><\/td> 2016-17<\/p><\/td> 2017-18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Reserves Commissioning Course<\/p><\/td> 110<\/p><\/td> 120<\/p><\/td> 150<\/p><\/td> 130<\/p><\/td> 160<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Regular Commissioning Course<\/p><\/td> 560<\/p><\/td> 520<\/p><\/td> 570<\/p><\/td> 580<\/p><\/td> 590<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Professionally Qualified Officers Course<\/p><\/td> 60<\/p><\/td> 60<\/p><\/td> 90<\/p><\/td> 100<\/p><\/td> 90<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Calendar Year<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Course Title<\/p><\/td> 2014<\/p><\/td> 2015<\/p><\/td> 2016<\/p><\/td> 2017<\/p><\/td> 2018<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Late Entry Officers Course (LEOC)<\/p><\/td> 220<\/p><\/td> 230<\/p><\/td> 260<\/p><\/td> 270<\/p><\/td> 150<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Soldier Conversion Officer Course (SCOC)<\/p><\/td> 30<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> -<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> Notes/Caveats:<\/p> <\/p> These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.<\/p> The year of commencement may not equate to the year of completion.<\/p> LEOC and SCOC are shorter courses ran throughout the year at different intervals.<\/p> Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, except where specified; numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.<\/p> \u201c-\u201d denotes zero or rounded to zero<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of people entering courses at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst in each of the last five years; and on which courses each of those people enrolled.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK Officer Cadets completed their Commissioning Course at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in each course since the start of 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training places were taken up in the September 2017 Commissioning Course at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the assessed Army intake requirement for Officers in each of the Commissioning Course periods for the last three years at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1528", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mike Penning"}
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, "title" : "57866 - Income from tuition fees from RMA Sandhurs"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst has received from the training of foreign nationals since 2005, broken down by country.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1591", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tim Farron"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK Regular Officers completing the Commissioning Course at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst had previously served as regular soldiers in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1438", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/625913/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The number of those completing the regular Commissioning Course that had previously served as regular soldiers, and the number of those completing the Late Entry Officers Course at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in each period between 2010-11 and 2015-16 inclusive are shown below:<\/p> <\/p> Course Start Period<\/p><\/td> Commissioned having previously served as regular soldiers<\/p><\/td> Completed Late Entry Officers Course<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2010-11<\/p><\/td> 55<\/p><\/td> 275<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2011-12<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 215<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2012-13<\/p><\/td> 35<\/p><\/td> 210<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2013-14<\/p><\/td> 20<\/p><\/td> 175<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2014-15<\/p><\/td> 35<\/p><\/td> 220<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015-16<\/p><\/td> 25<\/p><\/td> 165<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> The total of those commissioned having served as regular soldiers for the period 2015-16 is incomplete, as a remaining number are expected to commission in December 2016.<\/p> Figures have been rounded to 5.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1528", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mike Penning"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemel Hempstead"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mike Penning"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-11-03", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "51047"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-11-03T17:03:21.73Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2016-10-31", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Royal Military Academy"}
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, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many entrants completed the Late Entry Officers Course at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1438", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "North Durham"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Kevan Jones"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/444345", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/444345/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Defence has a long and proud tradition of training overseas military and civilian personnel at its training establishments throughout the UK and this is an essential ingredient of Defence Engagement. Training establishments such as Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS) offer international students prestigious courses which remain highly prized. Courses currently undertaken by foreign nationals are the Commissioning Course, the Army Reserve Commissioning Course, the Professionally Qualified Officer Course and the International Trainer Development Course.<\/p> These courses expose international partners to UK policy, and promote concepts of accountability, human rights and transparency. They are important in building skills which enable other countries to deal appropriately with their own internal problems, thereby contributing to regional security. The courses are paid for by a combination of self and UK funding. Information on the number of foreign nations in receipt of training at RMAS is provided in the attached table.<\/p> |