DEFENCE

HC Deb 29 April 1993 vol 223 c495W

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment, pursuant to her answer of 3 March,Official Report, column 209, if she will give a breakdown of the cost per trainee of employment training.

Mr. McLoughlin

[holding answer 22 April 1993]: The breakdown is provided in the following table;

Breakdown of employment training unit costs	£
Unit Cost elements	1989–90	1990–91	1991–92
Fees	2,576	2,399	2,929
Allowances	2,601	2,662	2,807
Head Office Costs	227	323	278
Total	5,404	5,384	6,014

Note: No comparable breakdown is available for the 1988–89 total.

Service	Year
	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Royal Navy/Royal Marines	18	18	21	16	20	14
Army	90	71	73	99	120	112
Royal Air Force	8	2	3	3	3	1

Notes:

1. More than one offence may have been committed in some cases and the sentence of dismissal may have been given because of the more serious offence; or perhaps as a result of numerous convictions at a trial, i.e., a totaling effect.

2. Figures for 1992 are not expected to be available until mid-June. My noble Friend the Under-Secretary of state for defence will write to the hon. Member when the information is available.

Mr. Hutton

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many serving members of(a) the Royal Navy, (b) the RAF and (c) the Army were discharged from the services, having gone absent without leave, in each year since 1986.

Service	Year
	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993
Royal Navy/Royal Marines	28	64	77	90	71	74	76	14
Army	1,962	1,997	2,190	2,477	2,999	2,808	2,650	597
Royal Air Force	236	219	154	190	155	131	103	29

1. The figures show the number of reported cases of absence without leave, which are not necessarily the same as the number of individuals who have gone absent without leave as some individuals may have gone absent more than once.

2. Figures for the Royal Navy/Royal Marines and Army show cases of personnel reported as absent for a period of seven days or more and for whom warrants for arrest have been issued.

3. Figures for the Royal Air Force show cases of personnel reported as absent for one day or more and may include instances where warrants for arrest have not yet been issued.

4. Figures for 1993 cover the period 1 January 1993 to 1 April 1993.