§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the subjects currently studied by those on the Sandhurst standard military course; and if he will provide an estimate of the time spent on each subject as a proportion of the whole. [23999]
§ Mr. SoamesThe commissioning course at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst is made up of three 14-week terms with one week of adventurous training in each of the two recesses. The subjects studied and the percentage time spent on each of them, based on the number of periods allocated, are as follows:
Subject Percentage Practical exercises 22.5 Leadership 4.1 Organisation and concepts 1.2 Tactics 8.3 Training a platoon 1.0 Skill at arms/craft/range management 8.4 Map reading 2.4 Signals 3.4 First aid 1.1 Nuclear biological chemical 1.3 Physical training 5.6 Administration 2.3 Drill 6.3 Communication studies 2.4 Contemporary affairs 1.4 War studies 1.4 Adventurous training instr 0.2 Adventurous training 4.4 Battlefield technology 0.6 Military law 0.1 Combined arms training 0.5 Information systems 0.4 Course administration 7.5 Female (separate) training 0.6 At college disposal (lectures/discussions etc). 4.5 Sport 8.1