Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the RAF Air Cadets are trained through Air Experience Flights each year.
The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Data on the number of individuals undertaking flights is not held centrally, however, the number of flying hours flown by cadets is recorded and can be found in the table below:
Financial Year | Hours flown |
2014-15 | 10,144 |
2015-16 | 10,649 |
2016-17 | 10,268 |
2017-18 | 9,102 |
2018-19 | 9,360 |
Up to three cadets can complete a flight during one hour, depending on several factors that may include but are not limited to, an individual’s fitness to fly and weather conditions.