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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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