There will be no public inquiry into the Deepcut deaths, Adam Ingram announced yesterday.

However, there will be independent oversight of army training procedures in future

Speaking in the Commons, the armed forces minister announced that the Adult Learning Inspectorate would be brought in to review the care given to young recruits.

And he said that an extra £23 million was being made available for training, a move which would benefit new recruits.

Families of the four trainees, who died of gunshot wounds between 1995 and 2002, have refused to accept the official verdicts of suicide.

They had threatened to mount a legal challenge to the government unless a full public inquiry was announced.