Premature Voluntary Release (Hansard, 14 February 1994)

§ Mr. Hanley

The breakdown by rank and service of the numbers of applications for premature voluntary release in

Applications for premature voluntary release in the 12 months ended 1 October 1993
NATO rank code¹	Royal Naval Services	Army	Royal Air Force
Officers
OF7	—	—	2
OF6	—	7	3
OF5	2	21	11
OF4	9	36	15
OF3	23	58	38
OF2	25	82	58
OF1/OD	—	15	7
TOTAL	59	219	134
Non-Commissioned Personnel
OR9	32	44	50

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the 12 months ended 1 October 1993, the latest date for which figures are available, is given in the table. Details of the length of service of applicants for premature voluntary release could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The reasons most frequently give for asking to leave prematurely are:

Civilian job offer
Disillusionment with service life
Lack of opportunities for promotion
Family/compassionate reasons

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NATO rank code¹	Royal Naval Services	Army	Royal Air Force
OR8	1	65	—
OR7	273	78	105
OR6	207	196	125
OR4	285	685	164
OR3	—	1,229	—
OR2/OR1	892	3,369	679
TOTAL	1,690	5,666	1,123
¹ NATO Rank Codes equate to United Kingdom Service Designations as shown in the following table.

NATO Rank Codes equaling to United Kingdom Service Designations
	Royal Naval Services
NATO rank code	Royal Navy	Royal Marines	Army	Royal Air Force
OF–7	Rear Admiral	Major General	Major General	Air Vice Marshall
OF–6	Commodore	Brigadier	Brigadier	Air Commodore
OF–5	Captain	Colonel/Lieutenant Colonel	Colonel	Group Captain
OF–4	Commander	Major	Lieutenant Colonel	Wing Commander
OF–3	Lieutenant Commander	Captain	Major	Squadron Leader
OF–2	Lieutenant	Lieutenant	Captain	Flight Lieutenant
OF–1	Sub-Lieutenant	—	Lieutenant/2nd Lieutenant	Flying Officer/Pilot Officer
OF(D)	Officer Designate	Officer Designate	Officer Designate	Officer Designate
OR–9	Warrant Officer	Warrant Officer Class 1	Warrant Officer Class 1	Warrant Officer
OR–8	—	Warrant Officer Class 2	Warrant Officer Class 2	—
OR–7	Chief Petty Officer	Colour Sergeant	Staff Sergeant	Flight Sergeant/Chief Technician
OR–6	Petty Officer	Sergeant	Sergeant	Sergeant
OR–4	Leading Rate	Corporal	Corporal	Corporal
OR–3	—	—	Lance Corporal	—
OR–2	Able Rate	Marine (1st Class)	Private (Classes 1 to 3)	Junior Technician/ Senior Aircraftman/ Leading Aircraftman
OR–1	Ordinary Rate/Junior	Marine (2nd Class)/Junior	Private (Class 4)/Junior	Aircraftman

NATO rank code (Officers)	QARNNS	NATO rank code (Non-commissioned personnel)	QARNNS
OF–6	Commandant Nursing Officer	OR–9	Warrant Officer RGN/Warrant Officer EN(G)
OF–5	Principal Nursing Officer	OR–7	Chief RGN/Chief EN(G)
OF–4	Chief Nursing Officer	OR–6	Petty Officer RGN/Petty Officer EN(G)
OF–3	Superintending Nursing Officer	OR–4	Leading RGN/Leading EN(G)
OF–2	Senior Nursing Officer	OR–2	Student Nurse/Pupil Nurse EN(G)
OF–1	Nursing Officer	OR–1	Probationary Nurse