Air Command Secretariat Spitfire Block Headquarters Air Command High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP14 4UE

Ref: 2017/04558

24 April 2017

Dear , Thank you for your emails of 29 March 2017 and 12 April 2017 requesting the following information: ‘I would be grateful if you could provide statistics regarding the pass rate on the RAF Intelligence Branch Specialist Training Course at the and Security Centre at Chicksands over the last 3 years. I can confirm that I was referring to the Phase 2 Regular training (JITG/H/3010 – Joint Air Intelligence Course (JAIC)).’ I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). A search for the information requested has now been completed within the Ministry of Defence (MOD), and I can confirm that information in scope of your request is held. This information can be found attached at Annex A. If you are not satisfied with this response or wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an independent internal review by contacting the Information Rights Compliance Team, Ground Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail CIO-FOI­ [email protected]). Please note that any request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has come to an end. If you remain dissatisfied following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate your case until the MOD internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website: http://www.ico.org.uk. Yours sincerely, [Original Signed] Air Director Resources Secretariat Air Command ANNEX A

JOINT AIR INTELLIGENCE COURSE - TRAINING YEAR 2014-2015 (1 Apr 14 to 31 Mar 15) MAXCAP 16 pax Course Number Nominations Attendance Completed Passed Returned to unit Pass rate 2 (voluntary DISC/H/3010.0114 12 12 10 10 83% withdrawal) DISC/H/3010.0214 16 16 16 16 0 100% JOINT AIR INTELLIGENCE COURSE - TRAINING YEAR 2015-2016 (1 Apr 15 to 31 Mar 16) MAXCAP 16 pax JITG/H/3010.0115 16 16 16 16 0 100% 1 (voluntary JITG/H/3010.0215 16 16 15 15 94% withdrawal) JOINT AIR INTELLIGENCE COURSE - TRAINING YEAR 2016-2017 (1 Apr 16 to 31 Mar 17) MAXCAP 16 pax 16 (2 pax removed JITG/H/3010.0116 18 from allocation prior to 16 16 0 100% course start) JITG/H/3010.0216 16 16 16 16 0 100%

Pass rate = Passed figure/Attendance figure. Note: All trainees that completed the training in full, passed this course. MAXCAP = This is the maximum capacity of which this training course can deliver to. Pax = Number of people

Defence Intelligence & Security Centre (DISC) was re-named Joint Intelligence Training Group (JITG) on 01 Jan 15