§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the Army are in the medical categories (a) FE, (b) FT, (c) LE, (d) LT, (e) BE, (f) BT, (g) HO, (h) HO (UK), (i) HONI and (j) HO (UK) NI; in each case what percentage of (i) establishment and (ii) actual manning this represents; and if he will make a statement. [54131]
§ Dr. Moonie[holding answer 7 May 2002]: Details of UK Trained Army Personnel (UKTAP) in the specified medical categories are shown in the table. This excludes Gurkhas and Full-Time Reserve Service Personnel for which this information is not centrally held.
Strength of UKTAP by Pulhheems employment standard (PES) as at 1 April 2002 Total number Liability (percentage) Strength (percentage) FE 86,214 82.96 89.33 FT 5 0.00 0.01 LE 7,356 7.08 7.62 LT 1 0.00 0.00 BE 11 0.01 0.01 BT 0 0 0.00 HO 850 0.82 0.88 HO(UK) 165 0.16 0.17 HONNI 587 0.56 0.61 HO(UK)(NNI) 31 0.03 0.03 Liability (MPT) 103,926 Strength 96,507 It should be noted, however, that the above categories do not give a complete picture as there are a number of other categories for which details have not been requested.
Of the above categories, only Forward Everywhere has no restrictions placed upon it. This does not, however, mean that personnel in the other categories are non-effective. Many categories restrict only the locations that personnel may be posted to or the type of work they may undertake. Pregnancy is obviously a prime example of this situation, and it should be noted that the non-FE figure for women is currently much higher than for men.