Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many enlisted soldiers aged (a) under and (b) over 18 gained A*-C GCSE qualifications in (i) English and (ii) mathematics in the most recent year for which figures are available.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 12 April 2016 to Question 33691 to the hon. Member for East Ham (Stephen Timms).

The Army provides funded opportunities for personnel to gain Functional Skills in literacy and numeracy. Individuals may choose to pursue GCSE qualifications with the support of learning credits, but as this is a voluntary undertaking we do not track or record this information.