Tracer Programme User Trials (Hansard, 22 October 2002)

§ Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the UK/US Tracer Programme user trials will cost; how long these trials will be; when the results are expected to be published; and if he will make a statement. [75997]

(a) Royal Navy

	Navy Officers
Months	April 2002	July 2001	July 2000	July 1999	July 1998	July 1997
Age (yrs)	Percentage
Under 18	-	-	-	-	-	-
18 to 19	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.3
20 to 24	9.4	8.4	8.0	7.9	8.0	8.7
25 to 29	18.0	18.5	18.9	19.5	19.7	20.1
30 to 34	17.7	18.6	19.2	19.4	19.9	19.4
35 to 39	19.7	19.5	19.7	19.7	19.9	20.1
40 to 44	16.9	16.9	16.4	15.5	14.4	13.1
45 to 49	10.7	10.2	10.3	10.8	11.1	12.0
50 and over	6.7	6.8	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.3
Grand Total	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Navy Other Ranks
Months	April 2002	July 2001	July 2000	July 1999	July 1998	July 1997
Age (yrs)	Percentage
Under 18	2.8	2.3	2.6	2.6	2.5	1.8
18 to 19	7.9	7.9	8.0	7.5	6.0	3.9
20 to 24	24.3	22.7	2-	18.4	18.5	20.7
25 to 29	18.0	20.1	23.2	25.3	27.2	28.2
30 to 34	20.3	20.6	19.8	19.4	19.7	19.7
35 to 39	17.7	17.8	18.3	18.9	18.5	18.4
40 to 44	6.3	5.9	5.5	4.9	4.6	4.2
45 to 49	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.4	2.5	2.6
50 and over	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.4
Grand Total	100	100	100	100	100	100

(b) Army

	Army Officers
Months	April 2002	July 2001	July 2000	July 1999	July 1998	July 1997
Age (yrs)	Percentage
Under 18	-	-	0.1	-	-	-
18 to 19	1.3	1.1	1.2	1.1	1.0	0.9
20 to 24	11.2	11.1	11.1	10.1	12.0	11.8
25 to 29	20.5	21.0	21.7	22.1	21.5	21.2
30 to 34	14.4	13.9	13.8	14.5	14.5	14.7

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