Joint Service Command and Staff College

HC Deb 16 July 1997 vol 298 c235W

Mr. Keith Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of military and civilian students at the Joint Service Command and Staff College(a) under the proposals in the defence costs study, Front Line First and (b) currently attending. [8193]

Dr. Reid

The current year is unrepresentative because a number of courses were cancelled or truncated to facilitate the closure of single service colleges and moves to interim JSCSC accommodation. Figures are therefore also provided for 1998.

All figures exclude students on ISSC distance learning courses, which are non-residential, as well as other regular and occasional courses, e.g. for Reserves. Civilian students attend the Higher Command and Staff Course (HCSC), the Advanced Command and Staff Course (ACSC) and the RN Initial Staff Course (RNISC).

	Front Line First	1997–98	1998–99
Military students at JSCSC	1 21,625	31,452	31,587
Civilian students	9 (and see2)	18	20
Total	1,634	1,470	1,607
1 Includes underlying assumptions for Junior Division numbers, on which no specific recommendations for change were made in Front Line First.
2 Includes 60 places for "officers from overseas and selected civil servants" on the ACSC as well as around 40 places for overseas officers on Junior courses. The precise number of civilians on the ACSC was agreed after the publication of Front Line First.
3 Includes 130 places for overseas students.