In 2005, the Initial Officer Training (IOT) course was restructured and a new data system was introduced. Retrieving data from pre-2006 would require a manual search of paper records and so this information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
The number of Officer graduates from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, by year, were:
Number 2006 282 2007 371 2008 574 2009 547
The figures for 2006 are incomplete as the data collection did not commence until July, with the first graduation of the restructured IOT course. The increased output between 2007 and 2008 is due to an increase in RAF recruitment to meet the increasing demand in manpower establishment.
The number of graduates still employed within the RAF is not held centrally and could only be provided by manual searches through the Joint Personnel Administration database at disproportionate cost.
The number of Royal Marines personnel to pass out of Commando Training Centre Royal Marines (CTCRM) in each of the last 10 years is as follows:
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 RM officers — 28 43 37 28 38 33 35 36 39 RM other ranks 500 566 602 663 612 458 568 569 557 574 AACC1 — — — — 156 101 194 164 265 204 RMR RFCC2 — — — — 46 48 46 47 66 66 1 The All Arms Commando Course (AACC) is conducted primarily to train personnel who will serve either with or support of 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines and is undertaken by service personnel from the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force. 2 The Royal Marine Reserve, Reserve Forces Commando Course (RMR RFCC) is undertaken by Royal Marine Reserve candidates prior to full Commando Training.
In order to provide the figures prior to 2001 for Royal Marine officers and before 2004 for AACC and RMR RFCC would require a manual search of records which could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Information on how many of these graduates are still employed within the Royal Marines is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.