Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which Ministry of Defence training camps or bases in the UK provided training for (a) army, (b) Royal Navy, (c) RAF Reservists and (d) Regulars in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement.

The Ministry of Defence holds the following information on Phase 1 (basic) training establishments. However, further information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Naval Service

Regular and Reserve Personnel (Combined) Taking Up Phase 1 Training, by Financial Year

Note: CTCRM and RMSM figures combine Phase 1 and Phase 2 trainees. All figures have been rounded.

Army

Regular Phase 1 training establishments:

Infantry Training Centre (Catterick) – provides the Combat Infantryman’s Course which is a combined Phase 1 and Phase 2 course.

Army Training Centre (Pirbright) (incorporating 1 Army Training Regiment (ATR) and 2 ATR)

Army Training Regiment (Winchester)

Army Foundation College (Harrogate)

Royal Military Academy (Sandhurst) – officer training

Reserve (only) Phase 1 training establishments:

Army Training Regiment (Grantham)

Army Training Unit (London)

Army Training Unit (Wessex)

Army Training Unit (North East)

Army Training Unit (North West)

Army Training Unit (West Midlands)

Army Training Unit (Wales)

Army Training Unit (Scotland)

Army Training Unit (NI)

D Company – 2 ATR (Pirbright)

Note: The only Phase 1 establishment closure during the period in question was Army Training Regiment (Bassingbourn) in 2012. Training was delivered in-house.

Royal Air Force

Regular Personnel (only) Taking Up Phase 1 Training, by Financial Year

Note: All figures have been rounded and relate to Phase 1 Training undertaken at either RAF Cranwell, RAF Halton or RAF Honington. Figures exclude personnel who transferred from another Service.