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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Navy (4 December 2015)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Naval officers and ratings at each rank were employed by the Royal Navy on 31 July 2015.

Asked by:
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour)

Answer


The information requested for the Naval Service, as at 1 August 2015, is provided in the tables below. This is also available in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines Monthly Personnel Situation Report for August 2015, published on the GOV.UK website at the following link:


https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/458873/20150907_RN_RM_Situation_Report_rounded_August2015.pdf


Regular Royal Navy and Royal Marines Officer Strength by Paid Rank


Rear Admiral/Major General and Above

Commodore/ Brigadier

Captain RN/ Colonel

Commander/Lieutenant Colonel

Lieutenant Commander/Major

Lieutenant/ Captain RM

Sub- Lieutenant/ Lieutenant/ 2nd Lieutenant

Officer Designate

40

80

290

1,060

2,000

2,510

750

170


Regular Royal Navy and Royal Marines Ratings Strength by Paid Rank


Warrant Officer 1

Warrant Officer 2

Chief Petty Officer/Colour Sergeant

Petty Officer/ Sergeant

Leading Rate/ Corporal

Lance Corporal

Able Rate/ Marine

910

460

3,040

3,640

5,580

720

11,970


Note:


All totals are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy; therefore totals may not equal the sum of their parts. All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias. Figures include Trained, Untrained and Full Time Reserves Service personnel.



Answered by:
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative)
14 December 2015

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