Speeches

Kevan Jones – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of providing phase two training for the regular Army band at Kneller Hall in 2013-14.

Anna Soubry

The requested detail for Financial Year 2013-14 is provided below:

Number of personnel who

completed Phase Two training

Cost of providing Phase

Two training

Royal Marines School

of Music (Portsmouth)

22

Information is not held

centrally and could be

provided only at

disproportionate cost

Royal Military School of Music (Army, Kneller Hall)

66

£2.8 million (approx)

No personnel undertook phase two training with the RAF Music Services. The RAF recruits are fully trained musicians who undertake a rigorous audition process and are only admitted once their playing ability is proven.