§ Lord BachMy honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence100WS (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. 101WS
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%