HL Deb 09 September 2004 vol 664 cc99-101WS
Lord Bach

My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence (Mr Ivor Caplin) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.

The Commander-in-Chief, Royal Air Force Personnel and Training Command has set the chief executive of the Training Group Defence Agency the following targets for financial year 2004–05:

Key Target 1A:

Output—RAF Initial Flying Training

To recruit and train the required number of Royal Air Force aircrew to the standards required for entry to operational conversion unit training and other specialist flying training courses.

Fast-Jet Pilots 42
Multi-Engine Pilots 48
Rotary Wing Pilots 46
Fast-Jet Weapons Systems Operators 28
Multi-Engine Weapons Systems Operators 9
Non-Commissioned Aircrew 103
Total 276

Key Target 1B:

Output—RAF Initial Ground Training

To recruit and train the required number of Royal Air Force personnel to the standards required to undertake ground appointments.

Officer Basic Specialist Training 274
Airman Basic Specialist Training 2,166
Total 2,440

Key Target 2A:

Output—Defence Flying Training

To train aircrew of the three services to standards for entry to the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy operational conversion unit training, the Defence Helicopter Flying School and other specialist flying training courses, as well as providing training places for international students.

RAF 560
RN 164
Army 305
Tri-Service 95
International 113
Total 1,237

Key Target 2B:

Output—Defence Ground Training

To train personnel of the three services to the standards required to undertake ground appointments.

RAF 17,763
RN 3,983
Army 6,766
Total 28,512

Quality of Output

To underpin the military effectiveness of the Royal Air Force by the timely provision of military personnel trained to the standards agreed with the agency's customers.

Key Target 4:

Cost Management

To ensure that the necessary systems are in place to manage the business on an output-cost basis.

Key Target 5:

Efficiency

To reduce the average per capita cost of training by improving first time and overall pass rates.

First Time Pass Rate Overall Pass Rate
Officers—Phase 1 75% 98%
Officers—Phase 2 90% 97%
Airmen—Phase 1 75% 90%
Airmen—Phase 2 (< 38 weeks) 80% 90%
Airmen—Phase 2 (> 38 weeks) 63% 83%