Army: Training

Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 23 November 2017.

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Photo of John Spellar John Spellar Labour, Warley

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of participants in university Officer Training Corps complete (a) the Army Reserve Commissioning Course and (b) the Commissioning Course for Regular Officers.

Photo of Mark Lancaster Mark Lancaster The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence

Between 1 October 2009 and 1 September 2012 a total of 9,250 officer cadets attended the University Officer Training Corps (UOTC). The number of those who went on to hold a commissioned rank in the Army is shown below:

Commissioned Rank

Number

Regular Officers

1,040 (11%)

Reserve Officers

400 (4%)

The date parameters were selected to allow sufficient time for the cadet to complete their university and subsequent Royal Military Academy Sandhurst commissioning course. The numbers above do not include personnel who joined the Army as a soldier.

Notes

Figures include Regulars and Group A Reserves who held a commissioned officer rank and had previously been officer cadets at University Officer Training Corp units.

Some regular Officers (around 160) initially held a reserves commission and therefore appear in both figures..

Those who became a Regular Officer and subsequently joined the Group A Reserve have not been double counted within those who joined Group A reserves.

Professionally qualified personnel, such as doctors, who commission on entry, i.e. before they attend a commissioning course, are included in the figures.

Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

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