§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will give a statistical analysis of both the first and, where relevant, subsequent employers of all students completing successfully the basic flying training course at the College of Air Training, Hamble, for each year since the formation of the college.
§ Mr. OnslowInformation on first employers is given below, but I have no information regarding subsequent employers:—
BEA BOAC Others 1962 … … 26 7 — 1963 … … 45 — 1* 1964 … … 33 — — 1965 … … 67 — — 1966 … … 55 13 — 1967 … … 83 40 1† 1968 … … 14 115 — 1969 … … 44 72 — 1970 … … 7 46 — 1971 … … 66 55 8‡ 1972 … … 106 — — * Nigeria Airways. † British Midland Airways. ‡ Court Line.
§ Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many students have started the basic flying training course at the College of Air Training, Hamble, each year since the formation of the college; how many students each year have completed the course successfully; and what has been the annual drop-out rate.
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§ Mr. OnslowThe information is given below; the wastage rate is related to the number of students who commenced training during the year, although actual cessation of training may have occurred in a subsequent year.
Student intake Successful completion Wastage rate Per cent. 1960 … … 41 — 20 1961 … … 64 — 44 1962 … … 65 33 34 1963 … … 85 46 21 1964 … … 81 33 29 1965 … … 99 67 18 1966 … … 149 68 23 1967 … … 185 124 30 1968 … … 90 129 34 1969 … … 146 116 24 1970 … … 193 53 27 1971 … … 97 129 —* 1972 … … 132 106 —* * No students from the 1971 and 1972 intake have yet graduated and so figures for the final wastage rate are not available.