HL Deb 07 November 1995 vol 566 cc204-5WA
Lord Ironside

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many doctors and consultants are now serving with the Territorial Army and Army Reserves, the Royal Naval Reserve and RAF Reserve.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Earl Howe)

The figures requested are as follows:

Service
Territorial Army 610
Royal Naval Reserve 63
Royal Auxiliary Air Force 15
Regular Army Reserve of Officers 339
Royal Fleet Reserve 197
RAF Reserve of Regular Officers 3

Clinical Army Navy RAF
Officers Soldiers Officers Ratings Officers Airmen
Combat Medical Technicians 1,520
Electrical Physiological Technician 2 22
Enrolled Nurse General 42 79
Environmental Health Technicians 13 80 8 49
General Medical Technicians 59 261 29
Laboratory Technicians 7 83 27 70
Operating Theatre Technicians 1 108 47 54
Pharmacy Technicians 5 36 15 26
Physical Measurement Technicians 2 17
Physiotherapists 25 17
Radiographers 4 40 30 32
Registered Mental Health Nurses 12 34
Single Service Nursing Corps 364 578 90 170 158
Staff Nurses 198
Total 421 2,521 90 631 187 564