§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many service men have entered the Royal Air Force college, Cranwell, to train as pilots since 31 December.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Air Force pilots have graduated from Royal Air Force Valley since 31 December.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Air Force pilots have graduated from Royal Air Force Shawbury since 31 December.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many of the 46 navigators and 89 pilots who have expressed a desire to leave the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement, are currently serving with Royal Air Force Germany;
- (2) how many of the 147 pilots and 69 navigators who have left the Royal Air Force this year were serving their last posting with Royal Air Force Germany;
- (3) how many of the 58 pilots who have left the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement this year have served between 12 and 16 years; and what is the average amount that they have been asked to reimburse the Royal Air Force for non-completion of engagement;
- (4) how many of the 58 pilots who have left the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement this year have
100 served between eight and 12 years; and what is the average amount that they have been asked to reimburse the Royal Air Force for non-completion of engagement; - (5) how many of the 89 pilots who have expressed a desire to leave on premature voluntary retirement at some future date have served between eight and 12 years;
- (6) how many of the 89 pilots who have expressed a desire to leave on premature voluntary retirement at some future date have served between four and eight years;
- (7) how many of the 89 pilots who have expressed a desire to leave the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement at some future date have served under four years;
- (8) how many of the 89 pilots who have expressed a desire to leave the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement at some future date have served between 12 and 16 years;
- (9) how many of the 58 pilots who have left the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement this year have served iess than four years; and what is the average amount that they have had to reimburse the Ministry of Defence for non-completion of engagement;
- (10) how many of the 58 pilots who have left the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement this year have served between four and eight years; and what is the average amount that they have had to reimburse the Ministry of Defence for non-completion of engagement;
- (11) how many of the 46 navigators who have expressed a desire to leave the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement at some future date have served between 12 and 16 years;
- (12) how many of the 46 navigators who have expressed a desire to leave the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement have served between eight and 12 years;
- (13) how many of the 46 navigators who have expressed a desire to leave the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement have served between four and eight years;
- (14) how many of the 46 navigators who have expressed a desire to leave the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement have served under four years;
- (15) how many of the 30 navigators who have left the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement in the current year have served between 12 and 16 years; and what is the average amount that they have been asked to reimburse the Ministry of Defence for non-completion of engagement;
- (16) how many of the 30 navigators who have left the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement this year have served under four years; and what is the average amount that they have been asked to reimburse the Ministry of Defence for non-completion of engagement;
- (17) how many of the 30 navigators who have left the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement this year have served between four and eight years; and what is the average amount they have been asked to reimburse the Ministry of Defence for non-completion of engagement;
- (18) how many of the 30 navigators who have left the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement in the current year have served between eight and 12 years; and what is the average amount that they have been asked to reimburse the Ministry of Defence for non-completion of engagement;
101 - (19) how many of the 74 pilots who have expressed a desire to leave the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement are serving currently with fast jet squadrons in (a) Royal Air Force Germany, (b) Strike Command or (c) fast jet training schools;
- (20) how many of the 58 pilots who have left the Royal Air Force on premature voluntary retirement this year were serving with fast jet squadrons in (a) Royal Air Force Germany, (b) Strike Command or (c) fast jet training schools.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Air Force pilots have graduated from Royal Air Force Finningley since 31 December.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many navigators have graduated from Royal Air Force Finningley since 31 December.
§ Mr. McNamaraasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many servicemen have entered the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, since 31 December to train as navigators.