Army: Training
(asked on 17th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of army recruits from (a) Black,(b) Asian and (c) minority ethnic backgrounds complete their Phase (i) 1 and (ii) 2 training.
The tables below show Regular Army Other Rank Untrained Intake actuals and proportion completing Phase 1 and Phase 2 Training by Financial Year and Ethnicity, 2018-19 to 2022-23.
Regular Army Other Rank Untrained Intake proportion completing Phase 1 Training by Financial Year and Ethnicity, 2018-19 to 2022-23
% of untrained Phase 1 intake by ethnicity | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
Total Ethnic Minority Untrained Intake | 92% | 93% | 88% | 86% | 82% |
Asian Ethnicity Untrained Intake | 94% | 88% | 91% | 86% | 79% |
Black Ethnicity Untrained Intake | 95% | 95% | 92% | 89% | 87% |
Mixed Ethnicity Untrained Intake | 84% | 86% | 77% | 78% | 74% |
Other Ethnic Minority Untrained Intake | 96% | 97% | 92% | 89% | 90% |
Regular Army Other Rank Untrained Intake proportion completing Phase 2 Training by Financial Year and Ethnicity, 2018-19 to 2022-23
Phase 2 completion figures in the most recent Financial Years are subject to change due to personnel still in the training pipeline who may either complete Phase 2 training or leave the Regular Army during training.
% of untrained Phase 2 intake by ethnicity | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 |
Total Ethnic Minority Untrained Intake | 89% | 90% | 82% | 76% | 36% |
Asian Ethnicity Untrained Intake | 94% | 87% | 85% | 80% | 33% |
Black Ethnicity Untrained Intake | 94% | 93% | 87% | 80% | 39% |
Mixed Ethnicity Untrained Intake | 76% | 82% | 69% | 63% | 29% |
Other Ethnic Minority Untrained Intake | 85% | 95% | 85% | 79% | 49% |
Notes/Caveats:
- The figures are for the Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP.
- All intake figures are for Untrained Intake which includes all Other Ranks joining the Army and starting Phase 1 Training. All intake figures exclude personnel who have joined Phase 1 Training from another Service.
- These percentages include those still in the training pipeline. This refers to individuals who have not yet completed Phase 1 or 2 training and who have also not left the Regular Army. They are therefore still undertaking some elements of training, and could either still leave the Army as Untrained or become trained hence affecting the overall percentages.
- These percentages include individuals who have left the Army without completing either Phase 1 or Phase 2 training as a Regular. This includes personnel who may have transferred to another population (e.g. Reserve FR20, etc.) but excludes individuals who have transferred to another Service.
- Ethnicity is an individual's latest recorded Ethnicity on the Army's administrative systems. Mixed Ethnicity comprises Mixed Black African and White, Mixed Asian and White, Mixed Black Caribbean and White and other Mixed Ethnic Backgrounds. Asian comprises Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Pakistani, Asian Indian and other Asian Backgrounds, and reflecting changes made in the 2011 Census, now includes Chinese. Black comprises Black Caribbean, Black African and other Black Backgrounds. Other is defined as "Other Ethnic Background" and includes Arab. Ethnic Minority includes all of the previously mentioned Ethnicities.
- Personnel with an unknown Ethnicity on Intake to the Regular Army have not been included in the above figures. Approximately 5% of all Total Other Rank Untrained Intake over the time period had an unknown Ethnicity. Some of these unknown values may be Ethnic Minorities.
- Ethnicity intake figures will not match the published Biannual Diversity Statistics as figures above are only for untrained intake and exclude individuals joining the Army Phase 1 or Phase 2 Trained.