To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 November 2018 to Question 190538 on Army: Young People, how many of those people who started basic training (a) completed basic training, (b) qualified, (c) dropped out before completing training and (d) qualified but have since left the armed forces.
Answered on
17 December 2018
The number of those recruits that did not complete basic training, those that completed basic training and those that completed basic training who have subsequently left the Army are detailed in the table below.
FY Applied | U18 Applicants who started Basic Training | Of Which: Did not complete Basic Training | Of which: Completed Basic Training | Of which: Subsequently left the Army after completing Basic Training |
2013-14 | 2,790 | 650 | 2,100 | 480 |
2014-15 | 3,000 | 660 | 2,270 | 340 |
2016-17 | 2,350 | 400 | 1,720 | 60 |
Figures are for Regular soldiers who were under the age of 18 at the time of their application. Some will have commenced basic training in subsequent years and will have turned 18 before starting.
Figures are single Service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.
They have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.