§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of serving military personnel in(a) the Army, (b) the Navy and (c) the RAF are (i) single, (ii) married without children, (iii) married with children, (iv) divorced without children and (v) divorced with children. [95959]
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Naval Service1 outflow by type of outflow and marital status—all ranks 1989–90 to 1999–2000 PVR2 Redundancy Retirement Other Total 1989–90 Total Outflow 4,578 3 1,143 2,278 8,002 Single3 57.2% — 7.6% 79.2% 56.4% Married 39.7% 66.7% 85.5% 18.8% 40.3% Divorced/Separated4 3.1% 33.3% 6.9% 2.0% 3.3%
§ Mr. SpellarDue to differences in the data held by the services, the answer has been split by office and servicemen/women.
As at 1 October, the latest date for which figures are available, the percentages are:
Percentage Naval Service Army RAF Officers Single 31.8 35.1 24.2 Married without children 15.4 163.4 273.7 Married with children 49.8 Divorced without children 0.3 11.4 1.2 Divorced with children 2.5 0.9 Servicemen/Women Single 48.6 50.9 34.3 Married without children 19.0 14.5 261.7 Married with children 26.7 31.7 Divorced without children 1.1 1.3 2.3 Divorced with children 3.9 1.6 1.6 1 The Army do not hold data on dependants of officers 2 The RAF do not hold data on dependants of married personnel
§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the number of military personnel stationed at each base, both in the United Kingdom and abroad, of(a) the Army, (b) the Navy and (c) the RAF; which of these bases have an officer in charge of families; and what recreational, social, medical and educational facilities are available at each base for forces families; [95960]
(2) if he will list the organisations dedicated to service family welfare and support for (a) the Army, (b) the Navy and (c) the RAF; which of the organisations received MOD funding in each year between and including 1989 and the current financial year, indicating the amounts received; and what proportion of the organisations' budget this represented. [95962]
§ Mr. SpellarI will write to the right hon. and learned Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of military personnel leaving(a) the Army, (b) the Navy and (c) the RAF for reasons of (i) premature voluntary release, (ii) redundancy, (iii) retirement and (iv) other, for each year between and including 1989 and the current financial year indicating what percentage of each category were (1) single, (2) married without children, (3) married with children, (4) divorced without children and (5) divorced with children. [95961]
§ Mr. SpellarThe available information is contained in the tables: 93W
Naval Service1 outflow by type of outflow and marital status—all ranks 1989–90 to 1999–2000 PVR2 Redundancy Retirement Other Total 1990–91 Total Outflow 4,855 6— 993 2,227 8,075 Single3 58.2% 6— 7.5% 80.6% 58.2% Married 38.6% 6— 86.5% 17.7% 38.7% Divorced/Separated4 3.3% 6— 6.0% 1.6% 3.1% 1991–92 Total Outflow 3,649 6— 948 2,129 6,726 Single3 64.7% 6— 7.7% 82.2% 62.2% Married 32.1% 6— 83.8% 16.2% 34.3% Divorced/Separated4 3.2% 6— 8.5% 1.7% 3.5% 1992–93 Total Outflow 1,898 380 1,110 1,730 5,118 Single3 64.2% 11.3% 8.7% 78.4% 53.0% Married 32.3% 80.5% 82.6% 19.8% 42.6% Divorced/Separated4 3.4% 8.2% 8.6% 1.8% 4.4% 1993–94 Total Outflow 1,417 1,253 1,119 1,239 5,028 Single3 71.5% 18.4% 9.6% 73.0% 44.8% Married 25.6% 72.9% 82.1% 23.9% 49.5% Divorced/Separated4 2.9% 8.7% 8.3% 3.1% 5.6% 1994–95 Total Outflow 1,192 2,351 1,315 1,202 6,060 Single3 69.5% 43.3% 8.5% 70.0% 46.2% Married 27.8% 50.0% 82.5% 27.1% 48.2% Divorced/Separated4 2.7% 6.7% 9.0% 2.8% 5.6% 1995–96 Total Outflow 1,634 522 1,443 1,229 4,828 Single3 70.9% 34.9% 9.6% 68.3% 48.0% Married 25.6% 57.1% 81.2% 28.2% 46.3% Divorced/Separated4 3.5% 8.0% 9.1% 3.6% 5.7% 1996–97 Total Outflow 2,347 1,836 1,444 1,490 7,117 Single3 75.1% 41.1% 9.0% 73.3% 52.5% Married 22.8% 52.6% 81.3% 23.3% 42.5% Divorced/Separated4 2.1% 6.3% 9.7% 3.4% 5.0% 1997–98 Total Outflow 2,427 6— 1,428 1,415 5,270 Single3 72.2% 6— 9.8% 71.4% 55.1% Married 25.1% 6— 80.9% 24.5% 40.1% Divorced/Separated4 2.7% 6— 9.3% 4.0% 4.8% 1998–99 Total Outflow 2,514 6— 1,415 1,694 5,623 Single3 70.7% 6— 9.6% 73.9% 56.3% Married 26.5% 6— 81.2% 21.8% 38.8% Divorced/Separated4 2.8% 6— 9.2% %4.3 4.9% 1999–20005 Total Outflow 1,279 6— 703 940 2,922 Single3 68.3% 6— 8.8% 76.4% 56.6% Married 29.0% 6— 78.8% 19.3% 37.9% Divorced/Separated4 2.7% 6— 12.4% 4.4% 5.6% 1 Data comprises Royal Navy and Royal Marines. 2 PVR stands for Premature Voluntary Release. 3 'Single' comprises single and widowed personnel. 4 It is not possible to separate divorced from separated Naval personnel using the information available. 5 1999–2000 data are those currently available for this financial year, i.e. 1 April 1999 to 30 September 1999 6 indicates zero. Note:
Percentages are rounded to one decimal place, so totals may not equal exactly 100 per cent.
Source:
DASA (Tri-Service)
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Army Outflow by type of outflow and marital status—other ranks 1993–94 to 1999–2000 PVR1 Redundancy Retirement Other Total 1993–94 Total Outflow 5,590 5,131 3,040 4,890 18,651 Single2 60.0% 8.6% 6.4% 88.4% 44.6% Married without children 19.8% 10.6% 6.3% 4.6% 11.1% Married with children 18.1% 74.7% 81.9% 6.3% 41.0% Divorced without children 0.8% 1.9% 1.0% 0.3% 1.0% Divorced with children 1.2% 4.2% 4.4% 0.4% 2.3% 1994–95 Total Outflow 6,392 6,171 2,470 4,909 19,942 Single2 58.4% 18.3% 7.2% 88.5% 47.1% Married without children 18.5% 16.8% 6.5% 4.2% 12.9% Married with children 20.6% 59.6% 81.1% 6.6% 36.7% Divorced without children 1.2% 1.8% 1.0% 0.4% 1.1% Divorced with children 1.3% 3.5% 4.3% 0.4% 2.1% 1995–96 Total Outflow 6,528 103 2,229 5,294 14,154 Single2 57.2% 34.0% 13.6% 86.5% 61.1% Married without children 19.1% 14.6% 8.8% 5.2% 12.2% Married with children 21.3% 48.5% 71.8% 7.7% 24.3% Divorced without children 1.0% 1.0% 1.6% 0.3% 0.8% Divorced with children 1.4% 1.9% 4.2% 0.4% 1.5% 1996–97 Total Outflow 5,857 112 1,769 6,521 14,259 Single2 55.1% 16.1% 17.1% 86.7% 64.5% Married without children 19.7% 26.8% 8.5% 5.0% 11.6% Married with children 22.2% 50.9% 68.6% 7.4% 21.4% Divorced without children 1.7% 5.4% 2.4% 0.4% 1.2% Divorced with children 1.3% 0.9% 3.3% 0.5% 1.2% 1997–98 Total Outflow 5,767 4— 1,571 6,010 13,348 Single2 51.2% 4— 11.0% 85.7% 62.0% Married without children 20.0% 4— 8.9% 5.1% 12.0% Married with children 25.4% 4— 74.1% 8.4% 23.5% Divorced without children 1.7% 4— 2.2% 0.5% 1.2% Divorced with children 1.7% 4— 3.8% 0.4% 1.4% 1998–99 Total Outflow 5,965 1 1,720 7,976 15,662 Single2 50.2% 4— 13.6% 90.0% 66.5% Married without children 20.1% 100.0% 9.9% 3.4% 10.5% Married with children 26.4% 4— 68.7% 5.9% 20.6% Divorced without children 1.4% 4— 3.1% 0.4% 1.1% Divorced with children 1.8% 4— 4.7% 0.4% 1.4% 1999–20003 Total Outflow 2,581 4— 879 3,719 7,179 Single2 52.2% 4— 8.5% 90.3% 66.6% Married without children 19.2% 4— 9.4% 3.6% 9.9% Married with children 24.8% 4— 75.0% 5.3% 20.8% Divorced without children 1.8% 4— 2.0% 0.4% 1.1% Divorced with children 2.1% 4— 5.0% 0.3% 1.5% 1 PVR stands for Premature Voluntary Release. 2 'Single' comprises single and widowed personnel. 3 1999–2000 data are those currently available for this financial year, i.e. 1 April 1999 to 30 September 1999. 4 'Indicates zero. Note:
Percentages are rounded to one decimal place, so totals may not equal exactly 100 per cent.
Source:
DASA (Tri-Service)
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Royal Air Force outflow by type of outflow and marital status—other ranks 1993–94 to 1999–2000 PVR1 Redundancy Retirement2 Other Total 1993–94 Total Outflow 1,285 908 2,161 513 4,867 Single3 33.8% 5.0% 21.2% 59.6% 25.5% Married4 63.3% 89.6% 74.6% 38.6% 70.6% Divorced5 without children 2.0% 2.6% 2.1% 1.8% 2.2% Divorced5 with children 0.9% 2.8% 2.1% 7— 1.7%
Royal Air Force outflows by type of outflow and marital status—other ranks 1993–94 to 1999–2000 PVR1 Redundancy Retirement2 Other Total 1994–95 Total Outflow 1,443 1,416 1,620 522 5,001 Single3 35.0% 7.3% 22.2% 56.5% 25.3% Married4 60.7% 87.2% 74.0% 40.4% 70.4% Divorced5 without children 3.0% 2.5% 2.0% 1.3% 2.4% Divorced5 with children 1.2% 3.0% 1.9% 1.7% 2.0% 1995–96 Total Outflow 1,856 2,380 2,352 694 7,282 Single3 35.9% 17.9% 25.0% 62.4% 29.0% Married4 61.3% 75.9% 70.4% 34.1% 66.4% Divorced5 without children 1.9% 3.4% 3.2% 2.0% 2.9% Divorced with children 0.9% 2.8% 1.4% 1.4% 1.7% 1996–97 Total Outflow 1,565 4,625 2,260 694 9,144 Single3 35.7% 14.5% 26.9% 63.7% 24.9% Married4 60.0% 79.6% 68.2% 34.0% 70.0% Divorced5 without children 2.5% 3.3% 2.7% 1.6% 2.9% Divorced5 with children 1.9% 2.6% 2.1% 0.7% 2.2% 1997–98 Total Outflow 1,617 4 1,630 728 3,979 Single3 37.3% 25.0% 23.7% 64.1% 36.6% Married4 59.0% 50.0% 71.0% 33.5% 59.3% Divorced5 without children 2.7% 25.0% 3.3% 0.4% 2.5% Divorced5 with children 1.1% 7— 2.0% 1.9% 1.6% 1998–99 Total Outflow 1,829 7— 1,594 807 4,230 Single3 34.3% 7— 23.0% 75.6% 37.9% Married4 61.5% 7— 71.4% 22.6% 57.8% Divorced5 without children 2.8% 7— 3.2% 0.7% 2.6% Divorced5 with children 1.4% 7— 2.4% 1.1% 1.7% 1999–2000 Total Outflow 1,017 7— 670 410 2,097 Single3 32.7% 7 19.0% 75.9% 36.8% Married4 62.6% 7— 75.5% 23.2% 59.0% Divorced5 without children 2.6% 7— 2.7% 0.7% 2.2% Divorced5 with children 2.1% 7— 2.8% 0.2% 2.0% 1 PVR stands for Premature Voluntary Release. 2 Retirement comprises all service personnel reaching the end of their engagement (i.e. Those at age 55 or 47, or those completing 22, 15, 12 and 9 year engagements). 3 'Single' comprises single and widowed personnel. 4 'Married' comprises married, legally separated, divorce nisi and estranged/mutually separated. 5 'Divorced' comprises divorce absolute. 'Divorced with children' only includes those who are supporting children; there may be personnel with children who have either finished full time education or who are over 18 included in 'Divorced without children'. 6 1999–2000 data are those currently available for this financial year, i.e. 1 April 1999 to 30 September 1999. 7 Indicates zero. Note:
Percentages are rounded to one decimal place, so totals may not equal exactly 100 per cent.
Source:
DASA (Tri-Service)