PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Army: Training (3 September 2021)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average wait time was to begin basic training in the Army by gender for the training facility at (a) Pirbright, (b) Winchester, (c) Harrogate and (d) Catterick in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 to date.

Asked by:
Dame Siobhain McDonagh (Labour)

The average wait time to begin basic training in the Army by gender for the training facility at (a) Pirbright, (b) Winchester, (c) Harrogate and (d) Catterick in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 to date is given below:

Average Wait Time – Solider Assessment to Basic Training Start (in days)
Training Centre	Year	Gender
Ph 1 Input Trg School Name	Ph 1 Input Trg Year	F	M
Army Foundation College (AFC) Harrogate	2019/2020	135	145
	2020/2021	158	138
Army Training Centre (ATC) Pirbright	2019/2020	139	130
	2020/2021	202	162
	2021/2022	162	149
Army Training Regiment (ATR) Winchester	2019/2020	137	125
	2020/2021	204	153
	2021/2022	158	142
Infantry Training Centre (ITC) Catterick	2019/2020	100	97
	2020/2021	104	143
	2021/2022	92	143

Notes/Caveats:

1. This data has been provided from a single Service source rather than official statistics produced by Defence Statistics as they do not collate this information.
2. For Training Year 2021/2022 the average has been calculated based on data held as of 07 September 2021.
3. No courses have yet commenced at AFC Harrogate for this Training Year.

Answered by:
Leo Docherty (Conservative)
13 September 2021