Undergraduates (Army Sponsorship) (Hansard, 20 March 1986)

§ Mr. Lee

The numbers requested are as follows:

Royal Navy (including Women's Royal Naval Service and Royal Marines)
	No.
Cadetships	79
Bursaries	119
Medical/Dental Cadets	*44
Nominations†	29
* includes nine bursars—only the RN offers medical bursaries.
† young serving officers who decide to read for a degree after entering the Service.

Numbers of students subdivided into universities, polytechnics and colleges of higher education are not held centrally for the Royal Navy.

Army
	Universities	Polytechnics	Further Education Colleges
Cadets	120	6	—
Bursars	345	60	12
Medical/Dental Cadets	115	—	—
In-Service Students	24	—	—

RAF
Cadets	229	20	1
Bursars	40	7	1
Medical/Dental Cadets	*20	—	—
* This figure relates to numbers of awards made in 1985–86 and not numbers in residence.

Figures exclude those sponsored and reading for degrees at the Royal Military College of Science.

Under the university cadetship scheme, students are commissioned to the appropriate service before beginning their further education and receive full service pay for the three-four years of their course. For the Army and Royal Air Force the following scale applies:

	£ per annum
On appointment	5,060
After 1 year	5,670
After 2 years	6,280

In the Royal Navy cadets serve for up to one year in the service before entering further education and they are therefore paid as serving officers as follows:

	£ per annum
Before entry to further education	5,172
During first student year	5,796
During second student year	6,420
During third student year	7,490

Medical and dental cadets for each service are paid as follows:

281W

	£ per annum
On appointment	5,810
After 1 year	6,505
After 2 years	7,195

Bursars receive £900 per annum in each service.