Armed Forces: Training
(asked on 29th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of soldiers who enlist under 18-years old arrive to train without Level (a) 1 and (b) 2 qualifications in both English and mathematics.
This question was answered on 19th April 2017
Qualification statistics for candidates who entered the Army Foundation College, Harrogate (AFC(H)) in September 2016 are shown below:
Entered without | Literacy | Numeracy |
Level 2 (A*-C) | 71 % | 79 % |
Level 1 (D-G) | 49 % | 67 % |
All under 18 enlistees attend AFC(H), except a very small number who will turn 18 before completion of Phase 1 training.