Army: Training
(asked on 31st October 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2024 to Question 10337 in Session 2023-24, how many recruits starting at each training centre for each of the five years listed completed their Phase 2 training.
The number of recruits who completed their Phase 2 training, having started their Phase 1 training at each respective training centre in the years 2019-2024 are provided below.
Table 1. Regular Army Other Rank Untrained Intake by Training Establishment during Financial Year, 2018/19 to 2022/23, as at 1 July 2025 | |||||
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Training Establishment | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 |
Total Untrained Intake | 5,859 | 8,956 | 8,679 | 6,584 | 5,560 |
Army Foundation College Harrogate | 1,387 | 1,717 | 1,657 | 1,367 | 1,171 |
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completed phase 2 training | 972 | 1,173 | 975 | 855 | 814 |
did not complete phase 2 training | 415 | 544 | 682 | 512 | 357 |
Infantry Training Centre Catterick | 1,342 | 2,524 | 2,360 | 1,509 | 1,532 |
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completed phase 2 training | 965 | 1,871 | 1,518 | 929 | 1,004 |
did not complete phase 2 training | 377 | 653 | 842 | 580 | 528 |
Army Training Centre Pirbright | 2,424 | 3,332 | 3,469 | 2,491 | 2,075 |
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completed phase 2 training | 1,960 | 2,753 | 2,598 | 1,832 | 1,530 |
did not complete phase 2 training | 464 | 579 | 871 | 659 | 545 |
Army Training Regiment Winchester | 653 | 1,167 | 1,032 | 985 | 593 |
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completed phase 2 training | 520 | 927 | 757 | 674 | 456 |
did not complete phase 2 training | 133 | 240 | 275 | 311 | 137 |
Other9 | 53 | 216 | 161 | 232 | 189 |
of which | - | - | - | - | - |
completed phase 2 training | - | - | - | 1 | - |
did not complete phase 2 training | 53 | 216 | 161 | 231 | 189 |
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| Source: Analysis (Army) | ||
Notes/Caveats:
1. The figures are for the Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP.
2. All intake figures are for Phase 1 Untrained Intake which includes all Other Ranks joining the Army and starting either Phase 1 Training or pre-Phase 1 courses. All intake figures exclude personnel who have joined Phase 1 Training from another Service.
3. Personnel who have entered more than once are included multiple times in the table above.
4. Training Establishment in Table 1 relates to the Unit at which an individual is recorded upon joining the Army as recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA). An individual may not complete their Phase 1 training at the corresponding establishment.
5. Figures for Army Training Regiment Winchester include personnel with a Unit of Army Technical Foundation College Winchester.
6. Other Training establishments include all Untrained Intake not assigned to one of the four Training Establishments in Table 1.
7. Figures in the above table are taken as at 1 July 2025. Any changes to training status after this date will not be recorded in the above figures.
8. Personnel who "did not complete phase 2 training" may have outflowed from the Regular Army, however a small number may still be in the training pipeline. Numbers of personnel who "completed phase 2" are therefore subject to future increases.
9. There are small proportion of personnel in "Other" establishments who later go on to undertake Officer training and therefore did not complete Phase 2 training as an Other Rank.