Army: Recruitment

(asked on 19th February 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many recruits (a) enlisted at and (b) completed Phase 1 training at (i) AFC Harrogate (ii) ATC Pirbright (iii) ATR Bassingbourn (iv) ITC Catterick in each of the last three full years for which figures are available.


This question was answered on 27th February 2018

The number of recruits who enlisted, and completed Basic training at the following sites: Army Foundation College (AFC) Harrogate; Army Training Centre (ATC) Pirbright and the Army Training Regiment (ATR) Winchester; and the number of recruits who enlisted Basic training and completed Initial Trade training at Infantry Training Centre (ITC) Catterick are shown below.

Financial Year

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

AFC Harrogate

Enlisted Basic Training

1,329

1,377

1,415

Completed Basic Training

1,006

1,036

1,096

ATC Pirbright

Enlisted Basic Training

2,716

2,798

2,763

Completed Basic Training

1,911

2,314

2,330

ATR Winchester

Enlisted Basic Training

1,063

1,185

1,010

Completed Basic Training

884

947

868

ITC Catterick

Enlisted Basic Training

2,178

2,141

1,741

Completed Basic and Initial Trade Training

1,495

1,750

1,637

These figures are single service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.

Army Training Regiment (ATR) Bassingbourn was closed in August 2012. The above information does not represent cohorts, for example recruits will often complete training the following financial year.


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