Army: Training
(asked on 30th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of infantry enlistees have left the army before completing their training in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
The proportion of infantry enlistees who left the Army before completing their training in the last five years is shown below:
Financial Year | Proportion of Army Infantry Enlistees Who Did Not Complete Training |
2011-12 | 37% |
2012-13 | 30% |
2013-14 | 31% |
2014-15 | 34% |
2015-16 | 27% |
Notes/Caveats:
The figures are for untrained Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves.
The figures are for those personnel who enlisted into Infantry as untrained during the financial year and have subsequently outflowed prior to completion of training. Some of these personnel may have joined as Infantry and changed Arm/Service prior to leaving. There could be a small number of personnel who joined at the end of 2016 and may still be untrained.