Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 12
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Cadet Expansion Programme successfully democratised movement, increasing state school cadet unit representation.
Recommendation
The Department highlighted the success of the Cadet Expansion Programme which had already increased cadet force numbers in schools. The Department said that this had led to a real democratisation of the cadet movement. It reported that 57% of the school-based cadet units now came from the state sector, whereas independent schools used to account for about 70% of them, although units at independent schools tend to be larger and account for 61% of cadet numbers.17
Government Response
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