To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many graduates there were from RMA Sandhurst in each of the last 10 years; and how many of them are still employed within the Army. (319241)

The number of Regular and TA Officers who have graduated from the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst in each of the last nine financial years is shown in the following table.

Figures prior to financial year 2001-02 are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Regular Officer information for 2009-10 does include a cohort of Officer Cadets who will pass out at Easter. Subject to any late removals from course this number may change. All TA courses for this period have completed.

Information on how many of those who graduated from Sandhurst in these years and are still employed within the Army is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.