Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many infantry enlistees were (a) aged 16, (b) aged 17, and (ci) aged 18 or above, between 2001 and 2020, and how many individuals joined the infantry as officer cadets over the period.

The data requested by the hon. Member can be found below:

*Figures relate to the Regular Army

2,634 Officer Cadets joined the infantry during this time period. Due to how the data was captured historically, data from the years 2005-06 and 2006-07 is not held centrally. Therefore, the data above is comprised of years 2001-2005 and 2007-2020.