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Army: Parachuting

Volume 492: debated on Thursday 14 May 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of (a) 2 Para, (b) 3 Para, (c) 7 Para and (d) 9 Para are out-of-date parachutists under the two-year military parachutist in-date rule. (275232)

The percentage of parachutists within 2, 3, 7 and 9 PARA that are out-of-date in accordance with the two-year military in-date rule are provided in the following table:

Unit

Percentage of trained Parachutists out-of-date

2 PARA

27

3 PARA

35

7 PARA

32

9 PARA

7