William Wragg – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by William Wragg on 2016-10-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to increase the number of cadet units in state schools.
Mark Lancaster
The Government has committed £50 million from LIBOR fines to increase the number of cadet units in UK state schools through the Cadet Expansion Programme. The joint Ministry of Defence/Department for Education programme is targeting schools in less affluent areas and we have had a substantial number of applications to establish new units. This demonstrates the interest that schools around the country have in the programme.
The expansion programme is well on track to achieve its target of 500 cadet units parading in schools across the UK by 2020. As at June 2016, 350 units were parading and on 4 October 2016 the Secretary of State announced the next wave of 25 new units in state schools which have been approved.
The list of 25 new schools which have been approved is as follows:
Arnold Hill Academy – Nottinghamshire
Askham Bryan College – North Yorkshire
Bedlingtonshire Community High School – Northumberland
Bishop Challoner Girls School – London
Broadgreen International School – Liverpool
Cardinal Griffin Catholic College – Staffordshire
Carr Hill High School and Sixth Form Centre – Lancashire
Central Foundation Boys’ School – London
Chichester Free School – Chichester
Ernest Bevin College – London
Gravesend Grammar School – Kent
Hugh Baird College – Merseyside
Khalsa Secondary Academy – Buckinghamshire
Kings Leadership Academy Liverpool – Liverpool
Medway UTC – Kent
Newton Rigg College – Cumbria
Nova Hreod Academy – Swindon
Quintin Kynaston Academy – London
Rockwood Academy – Birmingham
South Shields Community School – Tyne and Wear
South Wiltshire UTC – Salisbury
St Thomas More Catholic School – Tyne and Wear
The JCB Academy – Staffordshire
Tudor Grange Samworth Academy – Leicestershire
West Midlands Construction UTC – Wolverhampton
