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Cadets

Volume 328: debated on Monday 22 March 1999

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15.

Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many air, army and sea cadets there were (a) at 1 May 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available. [75979]

Mr. Doug Henderson

The number of cadets is calculated at the end of the financial year.Therefore, on 31 March 1997 there were:

  • 12,011 Sea Cadets—excluding junior members of the Corps,
  • 39,827 Army Cadets,
  • 33,196 Air Cadets,
  • and 39,716 members of the Combined Cadet Force.

    • On 31 March 1998, the latest date for which figures are available, there were:

    • 11,762 Sea Cadets, again excluding junior members,
    • 40,773 Army Cadets,
    • 32,807 Air Cadets,
    • and 39,460 members of the Combined Cadet Force.