§ Mr. ViggersTo 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 HendersonMy 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.