§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many compulsory redundancies there have been in each of the three services in each of the last seven years. [19754]
§ Mr. SoamesThe number of redundancies in each of the armed services for each financial year since 1990–91 are as follows:
Year RN Army RAF Total 1990–91 0 0 0 0 1991–92 0 0 0 0 1992–93 400 3,338 219 3,957 1993–94 1,272 6,460 1,310 9,042 1994–95 2,440 7,015 1,639 11,094 1995–96 520 87 2,832 3,439 1996–97 1,880 183 15,414 7,477 1 This is a provisional figure.