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Armed Forces: Training

Volume 487: debated on Monday 2 February 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many individuals in each branch of the armed forces have failed to complete successfully basic training in each year since 2000. (246701)

The number of individuals in the armed forces that have failed to complete successfully basic training in each year since 2000 is not centrally held.

Information on outflow to civil life from the untrained strength of UK regular forces by sex and ethnic origin can be found in Table 7 of Tri-Service Publication (TSP) 4—UK armed forces quarterly manning report. TSP 4 is published quarterly and, the most recent publication shows figures for the 12 months to 30 September 2008, can be found at:

http://www.dasa.mod.uk/applications/newWeb/www/index.php?page=48&pubType1&thiscontent=20&PublishTime =09:30:00&date=20081127&disText=01%20Oct%202008&from= listing&topDate=2008-11-27

Outflow to civil life from the untrained strength of UK regular forces includes outflow from phase 1 (basic) and phase 2 training.

Outflow to civil life from the untrained strength of UK regular forces by branch information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.