Defence written question – answered at on 12 June 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what training programmes or qualifications are available to recruits who enlist as minors which are not available to those who enlist aged 18 years or over.
Young people joining the Army attend Phase 1 training at the Army Foundation College (Harrogate) and complete different programmes depending on the part of the Army they wish to join. Full details of the training offered at Harrogate is available at this link:
http://www.army.mod.uk/training_education/24420.aspx
For the Royal Navy and RAF, age at enlistment has no bearing on the training programmes or qualifications available during initial training.
Irrespective of the age that an individual joins the armed forces, approximately 90% of all recruits complete an apprenticeship within three years of joining.
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