Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) male and (b) female recruits who commenced phase two training at Catterick Infantry Training Centre had undertaken phase one training at Harrogate Army Foundation College in each year since 2006; and if he will make a statement.

No female recruits undergo infantry training. The information requested for males is in the table:

Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in ‘5' are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.