Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of new army recruits with (a) grades A* to C, (b) grades D to G and (c) without any GCSE English and mathematics qualification left the army before completing phase 2 training in the most recent year for which figures are available.

In 2016-17 the proportion of those enlisted to the Regular Army as soldiers that were discharged prior to completion of Phase 2 training with grades A* to C, D to G in GCSE English and/or mathematics, and those without either, are as follows:

This does not include GCSE-equivalent qualifications.