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Will Stone:To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 17 January 2024 to Question 10337 in Session 2023-24, how many recruits starting at each training centre for each of the five years listed completed their Phase 2 training. \p Louise Sandher-Jones: The number of recruits who completed their Phase 2 training, having started their Phase 1 training at each respective training centre in the years 2019-2024 are provided below.

Table 1. Regular Army Other Rank Untrained Intake by Training Establishment during Financial Year, 2018/19 to 2022/23, as at 1 July 2025

Financial Year

Training Establishment

2018/19

2019/20

2020/21

2021/22

2022/23

Total Untrained Intake

5,859

8,956

8,679

6,584

5,560

Army Foundation College Harrogate

1,387

1,717

1,657

1,367

1,171

of which

completed phase 2 training

972

1,173

975

855

814

did not complete phase 2 training

415

544

682

512

357

Infantry Training Centre Catterick

1,342

2,524

2,360

1,509

1,532

of which

completed phase 2 training

965

1,871

1,518

929

1,004

did not complete phase 2 training

377

653

842

580

528

Army Training Centre Pirbright

2,424

3,332

3,469

2,491

2,075

of which

completed phase 2 training

1,960

2,753

2,598

1,832

1,530

did not complete phase 2 training

464

579

871

659

545

Army Training Regiment Winchester

653

1,167

1,032

985

593

of which

completed phase 2 training

520

927

757

674

456

did not complete phase 2 training

133

240

275

311

137

Other9

53

216

161

232

189

of which

-

-

-

-

-

completed phase 2 training

-

-

-

1

-

did not complete phase 2 training

53

216

161

231

189

Source: Analysis (Army)

Notes/Caveats:

1. The figures are for the Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP.

2. All intake figures are for Phase 1 Untrained Intake which includes all Other Ranks joining the Army and starting either Phase 1 Training or pre-Phase 1 courses. All intake figures exclude personnel who have joined Phase 1 Training from another Service.

3. Personnel who have entered more than once are included multiple times in the table above.

4. Training Establishment in Table 1 relates to the Unit at which an individual is recorded upon joining the Army as recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA). An individual may not complete their Phase 1 training at the corresponding establishment.

5. Figures for Army Training Regiment Winchester include personnel with a Unit of Army Technical Foundation College Winchester.

6. Other Training establishments include all Untrained Intake not assigned to one of the four Training Establishments in Table 1.

7. Figures in the above table are taken as at 1 July 2025. Any changes to training status after this date will not be recorded in the above figures.

8. Personnel who "did not complete phase 2 training" may have outflowed from the Regular Army, however a small number may still be in the training pipeline. Numbers of personnel who "completed phase 2" are therefore subject to future increases.

9. There are small proportion of personnel in "Other" establishments who later go on to undertake Officer training and therefore did not complete Phase 2 training as an Other Rank.