To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many students are currently training at Sandhurst to become officers; and how many of these are of Afro-Caribbean origin. [83072]

[holding answer 4 May 1999]: As at 1 April 1999, there were 626 British Officer Cadets under training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Of this number, there were fewer than five cadets whose ethnic category was classified as either Black African or Black Other. Detailed figures are not given in order to protect the confidentiality of the individuals concerned.