Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many men (a) applied for, (b) were accepted on and (c) completed the Initial Officer Training Course at RAF College Cranwell for each course since the start of 2015.
There were 18,331 applications from men, and 1,232 men were accepted onto Initial Officer Training (IOT) at RAF College Cranwell between 1 January 2015 and 31 October 2017. Successful applicants are then allocated to a course.
The number of men who completed IOT, broken down by year and course, is provided in the attached.