Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of Army (a) phase one and (b) phase two training was in each year between 2010-11 and 2013-14. [208246]

Mr Francois, Minister of State for the Armed Forces: The cost of activities across phase 1 and phase 2 training establishments are split between a number of different budgets which are not managed centrally. For example, infrastructure costs (including utilities) are managed by the Defence Infrastructure Organisation through contracts which do not allow the costs for individual units operating on a particular site to be identified. Similarly, equipment costs are managed across whole fleets of items by Defence Equipment and Support, and not by individual location or unit. For this reason, the full running costs of Army phase 1 and phase 2 training cannot be provided. However, the costs of phase 1 and phase 2 training attributable to the Army Recruiting Training Division are provided for financial year 2010-11 to 2013-14 in the table. These figures cover stock consumption such as ammunition, contract costs such as driver training along with other costs including travel and subsistence and administrative expenditure.

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