Army Secretariat
Army Headquarters
IDL 24 Blenheim Building
Marlborough Lines
Andover
Hampshire, SP11 8HJ
United Kingdom
Ref: FOI2019/13696/13/04
E-mail:
xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx.xx
FOI2019/13697/13/04
Website: www.army.mod.uk
Mr Kevin Bell-Walker
24 January 2020
Email Address:
request-629810-
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Dear Mr Bell-Walker,
Thank you for your email of 20 December in which you requested the following information:
“1. Could you please provide the total number of Phase 1 and Phase 2 recruits and the
number of recruits who pass/fail Phase 1 and 2 training for both male and female recruits
over the last 5 years.
2. Could you also provide the most recent promotion and LOS statistics for REME personnel
within the LAND Systems Technician Trade for Male and Female soldiers up to Warrant
Officer Class 1
3. Could you also provide the statistical chances from Phase 2 of being selected for Artificer
training in the Land System Trade and summarise the selection process
4. Could you also provide an indication of the average qualifications a Land System
Technician might achieve after a 24 year career.”
You have also requested the following information on 20 December:
“1) the current and known future physical mandatory tests expected from a REME Land
Systems Technician (Male and Female) whilst in training and on progression to a Field unit
(eg PFT, CFT etc) and the minimum frequency of such tests.
2) current and known future physical requirements on promotion course from LCpl to WO1
for both male and female soldiers.
3) could you also provide a career map for those progressing within the Land Systems
Technician trade.
I would be grateful for any information you are able to provide.”
I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000. The Ministry of Defence requires further information in order to determine whether it
holds any information within the scope of your request. In particular, in order to answer Question 2
for the first part of your request, it would be useful to know if you are asking for example how many
REME personnel promoted at each rank? Or do you mean what the average LOS was for each
promotion group? Also, is your request for each rank from LCpl to WO1 or is it just for WO2 to
WO1?
Once you have clarified your request, I will be pleased to consider it again. Please remember to
quote the reference number above in any future communications.
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instance. Following this, if you wish to complain about the handling of your request, or the content
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Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act.
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the Commissioner's website at
https://ico.org.uk/. Yours sincerely,
Manning Portfolio 2
Army Secretariat
