Army: Training

(asked on 15th January 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Army training budget was in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 20th January 2025

The Department has interpreted training to mean the budget for direct training exercises only. This includes Phase 1 (basic training) and Phase 2 (initial training) costs.

The below table highlights the Army’s budget for training between financial years (FY)2018-19 and 2023-24. As a result of changes in accounting practices, it is not possible to provide figures for the entire period requested.

Year

FY2018-19

FY2019-20

FY2020-21

FY2021-22

FY2022-23

FY2023-24

Total

£90.998 million

£95.057 million

£93.499 million

£91.225 million

£98.883 million

£104.749 million

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