Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) RAF have completed trauma risk management training in each of the last five years.

Trauma Risk Management (TRiM) training is valid for three years, and the Services operate a continual programme of revalidation and training of new personnel, to allow for staff turnover.

The Royal Navy currently has 1,426 qualified TRiM practitioners, of whom 806 are Team Leaders. The numbers trained in each of the last five full “training years” is as follows:

The Army currently has 1,992 qualified TRiM practitioners, of whom 675 are Co-ordinators (the term used by the Army for Team Leaders). The numbers trained in each of the last five full “training years” is as follows:

The Royal Air Force currently has 1,826 qualified TRiM practitioners, of whom 367 are Team Leaders. The numbers trained in each of the last five full “training years” is as follows: