Armed Forces: Training

Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people were enrolled in an officer training corps course at each university in each year since 1997.

Mr. Kevan Jones
The following table illustrates the numbers commencing training at university officer training corps in each year since 1997.

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|                          |1997|1998|1999|2000|2001|2002|2003|2004|2005|2006|2007|2008|
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|Aberdeen                  |65  |72  |51  |67  |80  |49  |53  |82  |64  |82  |65  |45  |
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|Birmingham                |78  |66  |69  |103 |75  |46  |87  |82  |78  |100 |98  |64  |
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|Bristol                   |73  |77  |82  |74  |83  |72  |86  |87  |64  |83  |79  |50  |
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|Cambridge                 |98  |95  |102 |66  |82  |107 |84  |72  |91  |81  |78  |53  |
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|East Midlands             |93  |72  |75  |97  |83  |91  |76  |80  |94  |88  |70  |41  |
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|Edinburgh                 |92  |67  |50  |51  |82  |82  |63  |91  |71  |85  |100 |68  |
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|Exeter                    |88  |76  |86  |78  |80  |80  |122 |83  |102 |92  |77  |53  |
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|Glasgow                   |58  |49  |65  |62  |60  |93  |73  |62  |62  |78  |62  |48  |
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|Leeds                     |74  |71  |60  |66  |94  |97  |114 |115 |82  |110 |87  |72  |
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|Liverpool                 |83  |79  |73  |87  |85  |83  |98  |91  |89  |88  |76  |49  |
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|London                    |161 |156 |152 |193 |201 |181 |183 |141 |173 |162 |200 |154 |
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|Manchester                |78  |79  |72  |85  |75  |75  |73  |76  |81  |106 |75  |38  |
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|Northumbria               |70  |67  |66  |75  |84  |97  |88  |91  |73  |78  |86  |52  |
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|Oxford                    |84  |98  |81  |80  |78  |105 |102 |110 |131 |117 |101 |94  |
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|Queen's (Northern Ireland)|95  |61  |67  |79  |63  |62  |50  |38  |44  |80  |46  |43  |
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|Sheffield                 |85  |96  |83  |112 |98  |77  |139 |104 |83  |93  |117 |63  |
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|Southampton               |81  |60  |63  |110 |107 |103 |113 |105 |93  |117 |86  |45  |
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|Tayforth                  |76  |62  |52  |115 |100 |89  |125 |98  |100 |113 |80  |73  |
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|Wales                     |86  |85  |106 |93  |98  |93  |101 |119 |104 |114 |98  |62  |
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Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent estimate is of the cost of the Defence Training Review contract over the next five financial years.

Mr. Bob Ainsworth
The most recent estimate of the cost of the Defence Training Review (DTR) contract over the next five financial years, after expected contract signature in 2010, is £1.8 billion. It should be noted that the vast majority of this figure represents the operating costs that we carry today within the existing training establishment.