{"value":{"id":1662889,"askingMemberId":400,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-10-13T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-10-17T00:00:00","uin":"200743","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many schools the Combined Cadet Force worked with in 2010.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":1466,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-10-23T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Combined Cadet Force (CCF) contingents across the UK in the independent and state sectors:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of Schools</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>256</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023</p></td><td><p>536</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The growth in the number of schools with CCF contingents has been due to the joint Ministry of Defence/Department for Education Cadet Expansion Programme (CEP) which was launched by the Government in 2012. Before the CEP, 75% of CCF units were in independent schools. CEP has prioritised schools in less affluent areas and now over 60% of CCFs are in state schools.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Combined Cadet Force","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1662889","method":"GET"}]}