§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) RAF and Royal Marine officers, 728W (b) Navy officers and (c) Army officers have sought early retirement in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement. [25832]
§ Mr. IngramThe figures for Premature Voluntary Release (PVR) of service officers, broken down by the number of applications and number of actual exits, for each of the three services are as follows:
Financial Year Applications Exists 1998–99 Navy including Royal Marines 239 164 Army 515 509 RAF 268 243 1999–2000 Navy including Royal Marines 221 1238 Army 547 442 RAF 243 213 2000–01 Navy including Royal Marines 245 1167 Army 530 531 RAF 278 241 1 Exits may exceed applications in any year due to the time taken to process applications