§ Mr. William PowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the net reduction, actual and percentage, in serving officers in each rank(a) in the 507W Royal Navy of captain and above, (b) in the Army of colonel and above and (c) in the Royal Air Force of wing commander and above since 1 July 1990.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe total number of officers, by rank, serving at 1 July 1990 and at 31 March 1991, together with the change in number and percentage change between the two dates, is set out in the table. These figures include augmented appointments to NATO.
1 July 1990 31 March 1991 Change Number Change Per cent. ROYAL NAVY Admiral 5 6 1 20.0 Vice Admiral 12 14 2 16.7 Rear Admiral 35 36 1 2.9 Commodore 33 37 4 12.1 Captain 363 349 -14 -3.9 ROYAL MARINES Lt. General 1 1 0 0.0 Major General 4 3 -1 -25.0 Brigadier 3 4 1 33.3 Colonel/Lt. Colonel 30 27 -3 -10.0 ARMY General 9 9 0 0.0 Lt. General 9 11 2 22.2 Major General 64 62 -2 -3.1 Brigadier 229 240 11 4.8 Colonel 656 653 -3 -0.5 ROYAL AIR FORCE Marshall of the RAF 1 1 0 0.0 Air Chief Marshall 5 5 0 0.0 Air Marshall 9 10 1 11.1 Air Vice Marshall 39 45 6 15.4 Air Commodore 122 122 0 0.0 Group Captain 429 438 9 2.1 Wing Commander 1,406 1,407 1 0.1