Officer Training

Mr. Soames
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many officer cadets are in training at the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; what the service personnel establishment is; what the civilian establishment is; and what the annual running costs were in each of the last five years.

Mr. Ingram
[holding answer 25 January 2007]: There are currently 368 Royal Navy and overseas officer cadets in training at Britannia Royal Naval College. BRNC also administers a further 184 cadets who are at university, which brings the total to 552.

There are 173 uniformed members of staff at BRNC comprising: 61 officers, 39 Senior and Junior Ratings, 45 members of the Royal Marines Band and 28 members of the Military Provost Guard Service.

There are 316 members of civilian staff at BRNC comprising: 45 MOD civil servants and 271 contractor staff (Flagship Training Ltd. 97, Sodexho 160, Interserve 14).

The annual running costs for BRNC for the last five years are as follows:

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|Financial year|Cost (£ million)|
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|2001-02       |18.1            |
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|2002-03       |18.6            |
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|2003-04       |19.8            |
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|2004-05       |20.1            |
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|2005-06       |21.0            |
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