§ Mr. Willisasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of ratings, categorised according to rank and branch, whose first 12-year engagement was completed in 1957, who re-engaged to complete time for pension, together with the percentage of those eligible to do so; and the corresponding figures for 1956.
§ Mr. R. AllanThe numbers and percentages of ratings who completed 12 years service during the first 9 months of 1957, and those who completed 12 years service during 1956, who have re-engaged to complete time for pension are shown in the following table.
In addition to those ratings who re-engaged by 30th September, 1957, a further 67 were eligible to do so, but reports on their decisions are still awaited.
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— Numbers and Percentage Re-engaged Numbers and Percentage Re-engaged 1956 1956 1957 1957 per cent. per cent. Engineering Mechanic C.P.O. — — — — P.O. 43 75 19 66 Leading and below 11 26 7 22 Aircrewman (1) — — — — Aircrewman (2) — — 1 100 Aircrewman (3) — — — — Aircraft Mechanician Chief — — — — 1st Class 6 100 3 100 2nd Class and below 1 50 — — Aircraft Artificer Chief 3 50 3 75 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class 124 55 72 69 4th Class and below 5 28 5 36 Naval Air Mechanic C.P.O. 15 79 7 88 P.O. 36 86 16 84 Leading and below 5 50 1 50 Naval Airman C.P.O. 1 100 1 100 P.O. 7 54 — 969 Leading and below 1 17 1 25 Electrical Artificer (Air) Chief — — — — 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class 11 46 10 59 4th Class and below — — — — Electrical Artificer (General Service) Chief 6 50 1 25 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class 12 63 14 48 4thClass and below — — — — Radio Electrical Artificer(Air) Chief 5 50 4 44 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class 4 50 2 29 4thClass and below — — 2 100 Radio Electrical Artificer(General Service) Chief 1 20 6 60 1st, 2nd and 3rdClass 4 31 8 31 4thClass and below — — — — Electrician (Air) C.P.O. 5 50 1 100 P.O. 6 86 — — Leading and below 2 100 1 100 Electrician (General Service) C.P.O. — — 2 67 P.O. 12 22 12 27 Leading and below 4 11 6 89 Radio Electrician (Air) C.P.O. 1 100 — — P.O. — — 1 100 Leading and below — — — — Radio Electrician (General Service) C.P.O. 6 60 7 78 P.O. 2 22 — — Leading and below — — — — Electrical Mechanician Chief — — — — 1st Class 3 50 3 38 2nd Class and below — — — — Radio Electrical Mechanician Chief — — — — 1st Class 1 100 1 33 2nd Class and below — — — — Shipwright Artificer Chief 1 100 — — 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class 43 91 23 82 4thClass and below 1 100 — —
— Numbers and Percentage Re-engaged Numbers and Percentage Re-engaged 1956 1956 1957 1957 per cent. per cent. Ordnance Artificer Chief 6 60 10 100 1st, 2nd and 3rd Class 15 65 6 40 4th Class and below 1 100 — — Artisans Chief — — — — 1st Class and below 6 100 4 100 Sick Berth C.P.O. — — — — P.O. 2 40 3 60 Leading and below 4 67 5 83 Writer C.P.O. 4 80 7 64 P.O. 4 80 5 83 Leading and below 3 75 4 50 Stores C.P.O. 4 80 4 80 P.O. 5 83 11 69 Leading and below 3 60 2 40 Cook (S) P.O. 2 67 9 90 Leading and below 2 25 4 100 Cook (O) C.P.O. 1 50 1 50 P.O. 1 50 Leading and below 1 33 1 100 Steward C.P.O. — — 1 100 P.O. 3 100 6 100 Leading and below 2 22 — — Total, R.N. C.P.O. 343 54 262 59 P.O. 268 53 226 45 Leading and below 94 21 92 25 705 45 580 44 In many cases the percentages relate to very small numbers and there is little significance in variations between 1956 and 1957. The overall rate of re-engagement for all branches and ratings combined was much the same in both years.