§ Lord Ironsideasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many doctors and consultants are now serving with the Territorial Army and Army Reserves, the Royal Naval Reserve and RAF Reserve.
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe)The figures requested are as follows: 205WA
Service Territorial Army 610 Royal Naval Reserve 63 Royal Auxiliary Air Force 15 Regular Army Reserve of Officers 339 Royal Fleet Reserve 197 RAF Reserve of Regular Officers 3
Clinical Army Navy RAF Officers Soldiers Officers Ratings Officers Airmen Combat Medical Technicians — 1,520 — — — — Electrical Physiological Technician — — — 2 — 22 Enrolled Nurse General — — — 42 — 79 Environmental Health Technicians 13 80 — 8 — 49 General Medical Technicians — 59 — 261 29 — Laboratory Technicians 7 83 — 27 — 70 Operating Theatre Technicians 1 108 — 47 — 54 Pharmacy Technicians 5 36 — 15 — 26 Physical Measurement Technicians 2 17 — — — — Physiotherapists 25 — — 17 — — Radiographers 4 40 — 30 — 32 Registered Mental Health Nurses — — — 12 — 34 Single Service Nursing Corps 364 578 90 170 158 — Staff Nurses — — — — — 198 Total 421 2,521 90 631 187 564