Kevan Jones – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to his Department was of providing Phase two training for the Royal Marine Band Service at the Royal Marine School of Music in 2013-14.
Anna Soubry
The requested detail for Financial Year 2013-14 is provided below:
|
Number of personnel who completed Phase Two training |
Cost of providing Phase Two training |
|
|
Royal Marines School of Music (Portsmouth) |
22 |
Information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost |
|
Royal Military School of Music (Army, Kneller Hall) |
66 |
£2.8 million (approx) |
No personnel undertook phase two training with the RAF Music Services. The RAF recruits are fully trained musicians who undertake a rigorous audition process and are only admitted once their playing ability is proven.
