Officers and Ratings

HC Deb 16 April 1964 vol 693 c102W

Commander Courtney

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many commodores, brigadiers and air commodores, respectively, are at present on the active list of the three Services; and how these numbers compare with the total numbers of officers and ratings or other ranks in the individual Services concerned.

Mr. Thorneycroft

The numbers asked for are as follows:

—	R.N. and R.M.	Army	Royal Air Force
Captain R.N. with more than 6 yews seniority	139	268	141
Colonel R.M., Brigadier, Air Commodore
Total Numbers	89,635	17,152	125,881
	(0.16%)	(0.16%)	(0.11%)

In the case of the Royal Navy where "Commodore" and "Brigadier R.M." are appointments and not separate ranks, the figures are, those for Captains R.N. with more than 6 years seniority and Colonels in the Royal Marines.

All figures exclude women and boys.