Army: Training
(asked on 18th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of army recruits who take sick leave return to complete their training.
This question was answered on 1st February 2023
In training year 2021-22, within the Army Recruiting and Initial Training Command, 454 trainees were removed from training due to injury or illness, of which 213 were recorded as having returned to training (47%). Within the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, of the 34 officer cadets who were discharged from the rehabilitation platoon, 21 returned to training (62%).
This information is not held centrally therefore these are estimated figures and will not include short-term illnesses.