Army: Young People
(asked on 8th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many soldiers enlisted in the army aged under 18 dropped out before completing phase two training in the financial year 2017-18.
This question was answered on 16th October 2018
570 soldiers who enlisted in the Army aged under 18 left before completion of their Phase Two training in financial year 2017-18.
The figure is for Regular Army only and therefore excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service and Mobilised Reserves. For presentation purposes the figure has been rounded to the nearest 10.