§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many officers and ratings joined the Royal Navy since February 1980.
§ Mr. Hayhoe427 officers officers and 4,819 ratings joined the Royal Navy between 1 March 1980 and 31 October 1980.
§ 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 March 1980.
§ Mr. Hayhoe104 officers have left the Royal Navy on premature voluntary retirement during the period 1 April 1980 to the end of September 1980, the latest date for which figures are available; 1,510 trained ratings left the Royal Navy before the expiry of their engagements during the same period.
The number of officers and men actually leaving the Royal Navy depends mainly upon applications made some 15 to 18 months previously.