§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of those who took advantage of his Department's university bursaries scheme subsequently resigned before the minimum return of service period had expired for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Soames[holding answer 3 March 1995]: The numbers of students awarded Royal Navy and Royal Air Force bursaries who resigned before completing their 523W university course are given in the table. The number of students awarded Army bursaries who resigned before completing their university course or during their initial officer training are also given. The figures provided are those available for the years since 1979. No information is held centrally on the numbers who left the services after
Royal Navy Army Royal Air Force Calendar year Number withdrawn Financial year Number withdrawn Financial year Number withdrawn 1983–84 2 1985 5 — — 1984–85 1 1986 6 — — 1985–86 7 1987 6 — — 1986–87 3 1988 2 — — 1987–88 6 1989 10 — — 1988–89 4 1990 8 1989–90 23 1989–90 2 1991 8 1990–91 27 1990–91 11 1992 8 1991–92 23 1991–92 6 1993 7 1992–93 28 1992–93 3 1994 10 1993–94 24 1993–94 8 I995 13 1994–95 128 1994–95 15 Note:
1To date.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the cost of his Department's university bursaries scheme for each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Soames[holding answer 3 March 1995]: Expenditure on university bursary awards by my Department, in those years since 1979 for which figures are available, is as shown in the table:
Financial Year Royal Navy £ Army £ Royal Air Force £ 1979–80 — 101,700 — 1980–81 — 99,900 — 1981–82 — 121,500 18,900 1982–83 — 134,100 30,600 1983–84 — 136,800 45,900 1984–85 — 163,800 48,600 1985–86 — 163,800 67,500 1986–87 — 212,400 92,700 1987–88 — 189,000 106,200 1988–89 108,000 542,400 90,900 1989–90 158,400 483,600 278,400 1990–91 156,000 555,600 141,300 1991–92 153,600 519,600 236,400 1992–93 121,200 478,800 298,800
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Financial year Royal Navy Army Royal Air Force Civilian Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 79–80 — — 113 0 — — — — 80–81 — — 102 9 — — — — 81–82 — — 132 3 — — — — 82–83 — — 145 4 — — — — 83–84 — — 138 21 — — — — 84–85 — — 168 14 — — — — 85–86 — — 160 22 — — — — 86–87 — — 208 28 — — — — 87–88 — — 193 17 — — — — 88–89 — — 180 14 — — — — 89–90 — — 168 16 — — — — initial officer training, but before completing the required return of service, or of those in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force who left during initial officer training. No records are kept for civilians as, in common with other industry schemes, students are not required to complete any return of service.
Financial Year Royal Navy £ Army £ Royal Air Force £ 1993–94 90,000 444,000 265,200 1994–951 81,000 606,000 250,000 It is not possible separately to identify comparable figures for my Department's civilian staff. Figures are available, however, which include bursary awards, running costs for MOD student engineer training centres, salaries during pre-university year and vacation placements with MOD, travel and subsistence on MOD duty and the production of MOD training literature. The figures are as follows:
- 1992–93: 3,149,400
- 1993–94: 2,610,200
- 1994–95:1 2,256,000
Note: 1 Figures are estimates.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the number of bursaries awarded to university students under his Department's arrangements for officer entry by ethnic status and gender in each year since 1979; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Soames[holding answer 3 March 1995]: Details of bursary awards by ethnic origin are not held. A breakdown of bursary awards by gender, for those years since 1979 where information is available, is as follows:
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Financial year Royal Navy Army Royal Air Force Civillian Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female 90–91 — — 145 34 77 9 — — 91–92 — — 151 21 87 5 — — 92–93 — — 137 14 64 7 77 10 93–94 — — 139 15 40 18 75 9 94–95 45 9 174 26 70 7 68 7