§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many people joined the Royal Navy in each year from 1974; and how many officers resigned their commissions in each of those years; and how many other ranks left voluntarily before the completion of their engagements.
§ Mr. SpeedThe numbers of officers and ratings joining the Royal Navy during the financial years from 1974–75 onwards are as follows:
1974–75 7,203 1975–76 7,732 1976–77 7,238 1977–78 6,269 1978–79 5,978 1 April 1979 to 31 Jan. 1980 6,569 The numbers of trained officers who left the Royal Navy on premature voluntary retirement and of trained ratings who left before the expiry of their engagements in each of the financial years since 1974 are as follows:
Officers Ratings 1974–75 223 2,255 1975–76 211 1,685 1976–77 208 1,454 1977–78 240 1,412 1978–79 237 3,491 1979–80* 225 3,129 * To end of January. The numbers of officers and men leaving in this way depends mainly on applications made some 15 to 18 months previously.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many officers have resigned their commissions and how many ratings have left voluntarily before completion of their engagements from the Royal Navy since May 1979 to the latest month for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Speed196 trained officers have left the Royal Navy on premature voluntary retirement during the period May 1979 to the end of January 1980; 2,809 trained ratings have left the Royal Navy before the expiry of their engagements during the same period. The number of officers and men actually leaving the466W Royal Navy depends mainly on applications made some 15 to 18 months previously.
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many people have joined the Royal Navy since May 1979 to the latest month for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Speed7,133 officers and ratings entered the Royal Navy between the beginining of May 1979 and the end of February 1980.