To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many students are currently training at Cranwell to become officers; and how many are of Afro-Caribbean origin. [83076]

[holding answer 4 May 1999]: On 29 April 1999, there were 319 Royal Air Force officer cadets undergoing initial officer training at RAF College Cranwell. Within that total, there were fewer than five people who had declared their ethnic origin as Black Caribbean, Black African or Black Other. Detailed figures are not given in order to protect the confidentiality of the individuals concerned.