HC Deb 11 March 1953 vol 512 c1262
10. Mr. Dugdale

asked the First Lord of the Admiralty the percentage of officers and ratings serving ashore and afloat. respectively.

Mr. J. P. L. Thomas

Sixty-three per cent. of officers are serving ashore and 37 per cent. afloat: the corresponding figures for ratings and Royal Marines are 52 per cent. and 48 per cent. respectively. In aggregate, the proportion ashore is 53 per cent., which includes some 10 per cent. engaged on naval aviation duties ashore and about 20 per cent. under training or employed in training establishments ashore.

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