To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) Gap Year Commission and (b) Combined Cadet Force recruits who entered the regular forces in each year since 1997. (131695)

On the subject of Gap Year Commissions, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 February 2007, Official Report, column 687W, to the hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr. Mitchell).

The information on the proportion of the Combined Cadet Force that go on to join the regular armed forces is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.