§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will publish in the Official Report a 187W table showing for each of the three services the number in each rank from brigadier upwards and the total number of officers and other ranks; and if he will provide corresponding figures for 1973, 1963 and 1954.
1953 1954 1963 1973 1983 Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet 1 1 2 1 — Admiral 10 9 6 5 6 Vice Admiral 27 28 17 14 12 Rear Admiral 69 65 49 48 40 Commodore/Senior Captain 104 103 122 118 119 Total Officers 14,591 14,300 10,616 10,034 9,321 Total Servicemen/women 119,900 111,300 76,257 62,669 54,317 Royal Marines General/Lieutenant General 1 1 1 1 1 Major General 3 4 4 4 3 Brigadier/Colonel 10 12 12 11 12 Total Officers 677 680 622 614 649 Total Servicemen 10,900 10,300 8,668 7,522 7,112 Army Field Marshal 1 1 — — 1 General 13 12 10 10 8 Lieutenant General 20 19 17 14 11 Major General 123 126 95 80 74 Brigadier 425 419 276 261 245 Total Officers 35,891 35,391 20,092 18,508 17,001 Total Servicemen/women 413,300 405,462 167,127 158,367 143,080 Royal Air Force Marshal of the RAF 1 1 — — — Air Chief Marshal 6 6 7 7 7 Air Marshal 21 19 20 17 12 Air Vice Marshal 73 77 71 56 43 Air Commodore 151 138 143 130 109 Total Officers 29,468 26,500 21,452 19,293 15,052 Total Servicemen/women 248,600 233,100 120,589 84,199 75,208 NoteAll data give the position at 30 June in the year except for the Army in 1953, 1954 and 1963 which are at 31 May 1953, 31 December 1954 and 31 July 1963.