HC Deb 09 December 1998 vol 322 c190W
Mr. Viggers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the numbers of(a) divorces and (b) applications for premature voluntary retirement of Royal Naval personnel were during each of the last 10 years. [62936]

Mr. Doug Henderson

My Department does not hold statistics on divorces of service personnel.

The number of applications for premature voluntary release (PVR) by members of the Royal Naval Service from 1988–89 to 1997–98 were:

Financial year Applications
1988–89 3,788
1989–90 4,647
1990–91 3,470
1991–92 2,140
1992–93 1,667
1993–94 1,396
1994–95 1,691
1995–96 2,639
1996–97 2,086
1997–98 2,019

Notes:

1. Royal Naval Service includes Royal Marines and Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service.

2. PVR applications are recorded against the date they were input to the computer database.

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