Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy artificers left the following branches in each year since 1979; and how many left early(a) air engineering, (b) marine engineering and (c) weapon and electrical engineering.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 15 February 1988]: The numbers of Royal Navy artificers who left the specified branches in each year since 1979 are as follows:
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Air engineer Marine engineer Weapon/Electrical engineer (a) Total numbers leaving 1979 29 298 244 1980 31 340 169 1981 22 233 138 1982 33 208 131 1983 69 291 292 1984 62 312 314
Air engineer Marine engineer Weapon/Electrical engineer 1985 68 326 392 1986 70 371 444 1987 75 345 357 (b) Numbers leaving prior to completion of engagement 1979 15 201 109 1980 13 257 87 1981 6 178 65 1982 5 152 83 1983 7 170 96 1984 14 144 119 1985 15 159 154 1986 18 189 184 1987 22 176 150 Notes:
1. Weapon and electrical engineers includes marine and air engineers with electrical engineering qualifications.
2. From April 1983, artificers include all mechanicians.
3. Promotions to officer are excluded from the above numbers.
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy artificers qualified to serve in the following branches in each year since 1979(a) air engineering, (b) marine engineering and (c) weapon and electrical engineering.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 15 February 1988]: The numbers of Royal Navy artificers who qualified to serve in the trained strength of the specified branches is as follows:
Air engineering Marine engineering Weapon and electrical engineering 1979 27 85 138 1980 21 114 152 1981 27 107 195 1982 13 107 183 1983 32 162 319 1984 41 169 417 1985 42 180 386 1986 63 119 311 1987 33 167 402 Notes:
1. From April 1983, artificers include all mechanicians.
2. Joining the trained strength has been based on advancement of artificers to petty officer artificer, (previously artificer 2). For mechanicians the equivalent rate was mechanician 2–3 rate.
3. Weapon and electrical engineers include marine and air engineers with electrical engineering qualifications.
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy mechanicians qualified to serve in the following branches in each year since 1979(a) air engineering, (b) marine engineering and (c) weapon and electrical engineering.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 15 February 1988]: The numbers of Royal Navy mechanicians who qualified to serve in the trained strength of the specified branches are as follows:
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Air engineering Marine engineering Weapon and electrical engineering 1979 25 121 168 1980 23 140 189 1981 23 83 189 1982 22 109 158 1983 1 1 1
Air engineering Marine engineering Weapon and electrical engineering 1984 1 1 1 1985 1 1 1 1986 1 1 1 1987 1 1 1 Notes:
1. Joining the trained strength has been based on advancement to the old equivalent of petty officer.
2. Weapon and electrical engineers include marine and air engineers with electrical engineering qualifications.
1 No figures are available since the merger of mechanicians with artificers in April 1983.
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy technicians qualified to serve in the following branches in each year since 1979(a) air engineering, (b) marine engineering and (c) weapon and electrical engineering.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 15 February 1988]: There are no technicians in any of the branches quoted, and the term "technician" is therefore taken to refer to mechanics. The numbers of Royal Navy mechanics who qualified to serve in the trained strength of the specified branches in the years quoted is as follows:
Year Air engineering Marine engineering Weapon & electrical engineering 1983 125 284 785 1984 50 382 708 1985 26 255 637 1986 85 329 744 1987 95 335 626 1. Records for the years prior to 1983 do not reliably identify the groups specified.
2. Weapon and electrical engineers include marine and air engineers with electrical engineering qualifications.
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy mechanicians left the following branches in each year since 1979; and how many left early(a) marine engineering, (b) air engineering and (c) weapon and electrical engineering.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 15 February 1988]: The numbers of Royal Navy mechanicians who left the specified branches in each year since 1979 are as follows:
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Marine Engineer Air Engineer Weapon/Electrical Engineer1 (a) Total numbers leaving 1979 131 40 251 1980 67 27 172 1981 80 14 122 1982 104 26 101 1983 15 4 34 1984 2 2 2 1985 2 2 2 1986 2 2 2 1987 2 2 2 (b) Numbers leaving prior to completion of their engagement 1979 72 18 103 1980 24 12 61 1981 18 3 37 1982 26 9 13 1983 2 2 4 1984 2 2 2
Marine Engineer Air Engineer Weapon/Electrical Engineer1 1985 2 2 2 1986 2 2 2 1987 2 2 2 1 "Weapon/electrical engineers" include marine and air engineers with electrical engineering qualifications. 2 Because of the merger of artificers and mechanicians in April 1983, no separate figures for mechanicians are available for the later years. Note: Promotions to officer are excluded from the above numbers.
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy technicians left the following branches in each year since 1979; and how many left early(a) marine engineering, (b) air engineering and (c) weapon and electrical engineering.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 15 February 1988]: There are no technicians in any of the branches quoted, and the term "technician" is therefore taken to refer to mechanics. The numbers of Royal Navy mechanics who left the specified branches in each year since 1979 are as follows:
Marine engineer Air engineer Weapon/Electrical engineer (a) Total numbers leaving 1979 1,180 251 1,266 1980 969 167 1,134 1981 662 142 736 1982 567 90 494 1983 547 98 496 1984 554 122 652 1985 825 275 912 1986 823 180 893 1987 715 178 839 (b) Numbers leaving prior to completion of their engagement 1979 1,020 174 1,017 1980 847 125 942 1981 566 115 564 1982 459 71 358 1983 440 75 352 1984 433 97 465
Engineers Seaman Supply Instructor Weapon Marine Pilot Observer 1979 274 53 55 68 62 71 33 1980 200 42 36 56 41 68 27 1981 236 63 44 48 37 80 36 1982 254 57 52 60 50 93 32 1983 290 69 74 63 48 86 43 1984 207 46 46 58 34 60 33 1985 192 46 46 76 48 55 35 1986 253 53 42 57 33 66 34 1987 250 57 50 46 42 74 64 The numbers leaving before the end of their commission were:
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Engineers Seaman Supply Instructor Weapon Marine Pilot Observer 1979 181 40 16 42 46 49 26 1980 150 32 11 37 29 54 22 1981 167 46 21 33 18 67 30 1982 138 35 17 28 29 80 24 1983 151 43 38 36 27 63 34
Marine engineer Air engineer Weapon/Electrical engineer 1985 664 200 681 1986 621 96 666 1987 560 129 592 Notes:
1. Weapon and electrical engineers include marine and air engineers with electrical qualifications.
2. Promotions to officer are not included.
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy officers graduated in the following branches for each year since 1979(a) seaman, (b) supply and secretariat, (c) instructor, (d) weapons engineer, (e) marine engineer, (f) pilot and (g) observer.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 15 February 1988]: The term "graduated" is taken to refer to those RN officers qualifying to join the trained strength. Numbers in respect of the specialisations and sub-specialiations listed were as follows:
Seaman Supply Instructor Engineers1 Pilot Observer 1979 127 36 37 45 36 15 1980 187 43 56 134 53 18 1981 199 42 36 95 57 18 1982 207 30 35 63 40 22 1983 234 30 17 133 61 24 1984 133 31 32 99 45 29 1985 144 27 23 93 44 33 1986 181 30 24 107 42 42 1987 154 27 36 77 50 45 1 All engineers join as engineer officers; separate figures for weapon and marine engineers are not available.
Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy officers left the following branches in each year since 1979; and how many failed to complete their engagement(a) seaman, (b) supply and secretariat, (c) instructor, (d) weapon engineer, (e) pilot and (f) observer.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 15 February 1988]: The numbers of Royal Navy officers leaving the specialisations and sub-specialisations listed were as follows:
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Engineers Seaman Supply Instructor Weapon Marine Pilot Observer 1984 119 23 18 30 20 44 28 1985 122 28 20 38 23 43 30 1986 152 33 14 42 17 48 24 1987 131 30 24 25 19 50 57