Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) state and (b) independent schools had cadet units in each year since 2010.

The requested information is only available from 2012. The number of state and independent schools with Cadet units is as follows:

• Figures include Sea Cadet Corp (SCC), Closed Army Cadet Force units and Linked Detachments established during and under the terms the Cadet Expansion Programme.
• Schools that were in a partnership (junior partners) are not included.
• There are 9 units that have been approved and are preparing to parade.

Information about other SCC or Community Cadet Units (closed or otherwise) that are accommodated on the school premises, but are not of that school, is not held. The use of the school’s facilities would be arranged at local level, mainly through Reserved Forces and Cadets Association, and often as a monetary benefit to the school.