Speeches

Madeleine Moon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-06-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) male and (b) female recruits who commenced phase two training at Catterick Infantry Training Centre had undertaken phase one training at Harrogate Army Foundation College in each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement.

Anna Soubry

No female recruits undergo infantry training. The information requested for males is in the table:

Year

Male

2006-07

300

2007-08

300

2008-09

320

2009-10

380

2010-11

280

2011-12

470

2012-13

630

2013-14

420

Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in ‘5′ are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.