Asked by: Lord De Mauley (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support Combined Cadet Force units in schools, given confirmation that the School Staff Instructor grant to Cadet Expansion Programme schools will be discontinued.
Answered by Lord Coaker - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
I refer the noble Lord to the reply given by my hon. Friend, the Minister for Veterans and People (Alistair Carns), in the House of Commons on 27 November 2024 to the hon. Member for Hinckley and Bosworth (Dr Luke Evans) in response to Question 15010.
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of the ending of support payments on the provision of combined cadet forces in state schools.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
The government, through the Ministry of Defence, provides in the region of £180 million to support cadets schemes. The Department for Education has contributed up to £1.1 million annually since the academic year 2021/22. This has provided some additional funding to support cadet expansion in the form of the school staff instructor (SSI) grant. This has been distributed to 230 state schools.
Due to the current challenging fiscal context the government is having to take difficult decisions to ensure the stability of the economy and, while the importance of cadets is being recognised by continued support for cadet units through core funding provided by the Ministry of Defence, the department has had to take the difficult decision to not extend the additional SSI grant into this academic year. All schools in receipt of the SSI grant have been informed.
The cadet expansion programme will continue to be delivered and receive £3.6 million in government funding for this academic year. This £3.6 million per year funding is within the Ministry of Defence’s annual budget cycle settlement showing a profile out to financial year 2033/2034. This funding goes to the single Service (Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force) cadet organisations to provide funding for cadet expansion in schools.
Found: forces, including assisting with establishing and developing Combined Cadet Force detachments in schools
Jan. 09 2025
Source Page: Defence personnel health and safety statistics: financial year 2023/24Found: Cadets: 9 Rate per 1,000 Cadet Force Adult Volunteers: 1 Rate per 1,000 10 Rate per 1,000
Found: forces of the British Army, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy (the single services).
Aug. 13 2024
Source Page: His Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant Certificates of Merit awardsFound: The awards, hosted by RFCA for Wales, recognise outstanding service by reservists and cadet force adult
Mentions:
1: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) not prevail, because if large countries like Russia are able to redraw international boundaries by force - Speech Link
2: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) The last Government extended to state school pupils the undoubted advantage of the combined cadet forces - Speech Link
3: Andrew Murrison (Con - South West Wiltshire) Why, then, Mr Speaker, did this Government decide, last week of all weeks, to defund combined cadet forces - Speech Link
4: John Healey (Lab - Rawmarsh and Conisbrough) Most of us, in our constituencies, have contact and working relations with good cadet forces that give - Speech Link
Jan. 09 2025
Source Page: FOI responses released by MOD: week commencing 20 July 2015Found: 486 Permanent Support Staff – Army Cadet Force.
Oct. 25 2024
Source Page: Council of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations (CRFCA) annual report and accounts for 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 (3 docs).Found: It is heartening that the number of both cadets and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAV) continues to
Jun. 06 2024
Source Page: MOD sponsored cadet forces statistics: 2024Found: Statistics are included for the Community Cadet Forces, Combined Cadet Forces, Community Cadet Force