House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 20 Apr 2009 (pt 0013)

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The figures record all new attendances (i.e. people who have not attended previously) at MOD Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMHs) and in-patient facilities and therefore does not include those whose course of treatment at that facility started prior to January 2007.

Data for 2008 are currently being validated.

Armed Forces: Training

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the wastage rates from (a) phase 1 and (b) phase 2 training were in each year since 1997. [269187]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Wastage rates of cohorts including phase 1 and phase 2 training for each year since 1997 is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The following table shows outflow from the untrained UK Regular Forces split by service and rank for each financial year from 1997-98 to 2007-08.

Outflow^{( 1)} of untrained UK Regular Forces^{( 2)} by Service
	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
All Services	5,960	8,450	8,560	7,350	6,770	7,250	6,950	5,830	5,130	⁽³⁾6,290	⁽³⁾6,670
Officers	240	390	330	380	320	350	310	340	220	⁽³⁾370	⁽³⁾480
Other Ranks	5,720	8,060	8,230	6,970	6,450	6,900	6,640	5,490	4,910	⁽³⁾5,920	⁽³⁾6,190

Naval Service	1,200	1,470	1,680	1,510	1,760	1,740	1,340	1,050	1,190	⁽³⁾1,120	⁽³⁾1,230
Officers	120	80	70	80	80	120	90	90	90	⁽³⁾100	⁽³⁾120
Other Ranks	1,080	1,390	1,610	1,430	1,680	1,620	1,250	960	1,100	⁽³⁾1,020	⁽³⁾1,110

Army	4,260	6,290	6,200	5,160	4,390	4,880	5,020	4,330	3,690	⁽³⁾4,840	⁽³⁾4,860
Officers	80	260	220	260	190	180	170	200	90	⁽³⁾220	⁽³⁾330
Other Ranks	4,180	6,030	5,980	4,900	4,200	4,700	4,850	4,130	3,600	⁽³⁾4,620	⁽³⁾4,530

Royal Air Force	490	690	680	680	620	630	570	460	250	330	⁽³⁾590
Officers	40	50	40	40	50	50	40	60	30	50	⁽³⁾30
Other Ranks	450	640	640	640	570	580	530	400	220	280	⁽³⁾560
⁽¹⁾ Outflow from UK Regular Forces includes death and outflow to civil life including recalled reservists on release and outflow to the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment, which was disbanded on 31 March 2008. ⁽²⁾ UK Regular Forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded. ⁽³⁾ Provisional. Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, all Naval Service and Army flow statistics for financial year 2006-07 and 2007-08 and all RAF flow statistics for financial year 2007-08 are provisional and subject to review.

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) target and (b) actual number of gains to trained strength for (i) officers and (ii) other ranks in each service was since 1997. [269188]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The targets and total number of gains to trained strength for officers and other ranks in each service since financial year 1997-98 are shown in the following table.

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Gains to trained strength^{( 1)} for UK regular forces^{( 2)}
		1997-98^{( 3)}	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Naval Service	Target	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	3,330	3,320	3,430	3,140	3,090	3,370	3,320
	Achieved	⁽⁶⁾—	2,820	3,720	3,090	2,870	3,390	3,210	2,650	2,650	⁽⁴⁾2,660	⁽⁴⁾3,480
Officers	Target	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	440	430	430	470	420	410	400
	Achieved	⁽⁶⁾—	270	450	420	400	480	470	420	360	⁽⁴⁾410	⁽⁴⁾300
Other Ranks	Target	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	2,890	2,890	3,000	2,670	2,680	2,960	2,920
	Achieved	⁽⁶⁾—	2,540	3,270	2,670	2,470	2,920	2,740	2,240	2,290	⁽⁴⁾2,250	⁽⁴⁾3,180

Army	Target	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	10,010	9,320	9,870	9,700	9,850
	Achieved	⁽⁶⁾—	8,970	10,040	9,670	9,400	10,740	10,990	9,590	8,400	⁽⁴⁾8,750	⁽⁴⁾8,300
Officer	Target	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	610	620	640	650	650
	Achieved	⁽⁶⁾—	620	560	530	540	590	600	640	630	⁽⁴⁾620	⁽⁴⁾610

Other Ranks	Target	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	⁽⁶⁾—	10,623	9,440	9,840	9,400	8,700	9,230	9,050	9,200
	Achieved	⁽⁶⁾—	8,350	9,490	9,140	8,870	10,150	10,390	8,950	7,770	⁽⁴⁾8,130	⁽⁴⁾7,690

Royal Air Force	Target	3,170	3,590	3,350	3,470	3,670	4,010	4,290	3,550	2,170	1,700	1,660
	Achieved	⁽⁶⁾—	3,450	3,440	3,110	3,210	3,360	3,640	3,310	2,190	⁽⁵⁾1,500	⁽⁵⁾1,580
Officer	Target	510	660	620	600	640	720	730	570	370	500	330
	Achieved	⁽⁶⁾—	520	510	520	570	560	570	550	380	⁽⁵⁾450	⁽⁵⁾440
Other Ranks	Target	2,660	2,940	2,720	2,870	3,030	3,290	3,560	2,980	1,800	1,200	1,330
	Achieved	⁽⁶⁾—	2,930	2,920	2,590	2,630	2,800	3,070	2,760	1,800	⁽⁵⁾1,050	⁽⁵⁾1,140
⁽¹⁾ Figures relate to personnel completing training and joining the trained strength. Direct entries to the trained strength, such as trained re-entrants, professionally qualified officers (PQO) are excluded. ⁽²⁾ UK Regular Forces includes Nursing services and excludes Full Time Reserve Service personnel, Gurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. ⁽³⁾ Prior to 1998-99 the achieved number of gains to trained strength could not be derived directly from centrally held records. Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, all Naval Service flow statistics from the 12 month period ending 31 October 2006, all Army flow statistics from period ending 31 March 2007 and all RAF flow statistics from the 12 month period ending 30 April 2007 are provisional and subject to review. ⁽⁴⁾ Provisional ⁽⁵⁾ Provisional estimate ⁽⁶⁾ Data unavailable

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