§ Mr. Pattieasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list by rank the number of officers and men in both the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force who have been made redundant since 1 April 1974.
§ Mr. Wellbeloved,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 23 March 1979; Vol. 964, c. 777], gave the following answer:
The period since 1 April 1974 covers the currency of two redundancy schemes, 781W the first, for the RAF only, introduced in 1973 and the second in 1975 following the defence review for all three Services.
The total numbers of officers and men in the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force who have been made redundant under these two schemes therefore is as follows:
Total Royal Navy Commanders 50 Royal Air Force Group Captains 23 Wing Commanders 84 Squadron Leaders 277 Flight Lieutenants 397 Flying Officers 2 Airmen Aircrew 101 Warrant Officers 42 Flight Sergeants 72 Chief Technicians 1,358 Sergeants 198 Corporals 7