Armed Forces: Training

(asked on 2nd December 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2015 to Question 17694, how many training courses have been completed at (a) MOD Grantown-on-Spey, (b) MOD Llanrwst, (c) MOD Fairbourne and (d) MOD Crickhowell in each year from 2010 to 2015; how many students of each service attended each such course; what the cost of each such course was per trainee; and if he will make a statement.


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Julian Brazier
This question was answered on 7th December 2015

Due to the variation in course length (from one day through to 42 weeks), the number of courses completed is not recorded. Rather, delivery is measured on the number of weeks of training delivered. For financial year (FY) 2014-15, the number of weeks of training delivered at each centre is as follows (historical data is not held).


Force Development Training Centre (FDTC) Grantown - 46 weeks


Joint School for Adventorous Training (JSATI) Llanrwst - 41 weeks


FDTC Fairbourne - 45 weeks


FDTC Crickhowell - 46 weeks


Information on the number of attendees is not held as costs are solely dependent on the maximum bed space capacity, regardless of the number of students attending.



Please see the information below giving the operating costs covering all locations for the last four financial years, for which information is available.




FY 2011-12 £

FY 2012-13 £

FY 2013-14 £

FY 2014-15 £

FDTC Grantown

295,624

220,819

213,781

231,290

JSATI Llanrwst

292,320

302,366

382,063

281,695

FDTC Fairbourne

259,855

292,885

325,181

279,093

FDTC Crickhowell

688,808

654,010

646,027

643,985

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