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Armed Forces: Recruitment

Volume 459: debated on Thursday 26 April 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many Defence Schools Presentation Team visits are planned for 2007; (131699)

(2) what estimate he has made of the percentage of armed forces recruits that can be attributed to the work of the Defence Schools Presentation Teams in 2006;

(3) pursuant to the answer of 7 February 2007, Official Report, columns 922-3W, on Defence Schools Presentation Teams, what assessment he has made of the impact of the Defence Schools Presentation Teams on (a) recruitment and (b) the public understanding of and relations with the armed forces;

(4) pursuant to the answer of 7 February 2007, Official Report, columns 922-3W, on Defence Schools Presentation Teams, what consultation his Department undertook with each of the services when taking the decision to end the Defence Schools Presentations Teams;

(5) whether secondary school teachers will receive training on using the Defence Dynamics programme;

(6) what assessment has been made of the likely effects of replacing the Defence Schools Presentation Teams with the Defence Dynamics programme; and if he will make a statement;

(7) how much time he expects pupils to spend participating in the Defence Dynamic programme in order for that to be considered equivalent to attending a presentation by the Defence Schools Presentation Teams;

(8) whether the Defence Dynamic programme will be compulsory for all secondary schools in the United Kingdom; and how he plans to monitor the use of the programme’s website.