HC Deb 29 January 2002 vol 379 cc221-2W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the numbers were and what the drop out rate was during RUC training programmes conducted in(a) 1982, (b) 1992 and (c) 1997. [29813]

Jane Kennedy

The table shows the number of recruits and drop out rate for each of the specified years:

Recruits Dropped out Percentage drop out
1982 555 4 0.72
1992 420 2 0.48
1997 287 3 1.05