§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 8 May 2002,Official Report, column 181W, how many (a) women and (b) men in the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Navy and (iii) RAF are in a downgraded medical category; to which category they belong and the percentage of trained strength this represents; and if he will make a statement. [56171]
§ Dr. Moonie[holding answer 15 May 2002]The information requested is shown in the table. My answer of 8 May 2002,Official Report, column 181W, related to certain specified Army medical downgrading categories only. My answer of 10 June 2002, Official Report, column 732W, provided a list of the medical downgrading categories used by all three services.
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Downgraded category Male Male percentage of total strength Female Female percentage of total strength Naval personnel by downgraded medical category PO 119 0.28 14 0.03 P3P 425 1.01 28 0.07 P3R 219 0.52 85 0.20 P3R (pregnant) nil nil 81 0.19 P7 52 0.12 3 0.01
§ Mr. IngramDetails of British Army training exercises that are scheduled to take place in BATUS during this financial year along with their attendant costs are shown in the table. All the BATUS exercises scheduled for this financial year are still due to take place.
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Downgraded category Male Male percentage of total strength Female Female percentage of total strength P7RA 247 0.59 46 0.11 P7RB 48 0.11 12 0.03 P7RC 56 0.13 9 0.02 P7RD 1,349 3.2 225 0.53 P8 61 0.14 7 0.02 Regular army personnel by downgraded PULHHEEMS employment standard PO 679 0.7 109 0.11 P3—LE 6,634 6.8 736 0.76 P3—LT 1 *0.00 nil nil P3—BE 7 0.01 2 *0.00 P3—RE (PP) nil nil 364 0.38 P7—HO 950 0.98 106 0.11 P7—HO (UK) 158 0.16 12 0.01 P7—HO (NNI) 541 0.56 35 0.04 P7—HO (UK not NI) 29 0.03 3 *0.00 Regular RAF personnel by downgraded medical employment standard A1GIZ3 1 *0.00 nil nil A1G2Z3 2 *0.00 nil nil A1G3Z1 13 0.03 nil nil A1G3Z5 8 0.02 1 *0.00 A1G4ZI 1 *0.00 nil nil A1G4Z5 nil nil 1 *0.00 A2G2Z2 1 *0.00 nil nil A2G2Z3 5 0.01 nil nil
Downgraded category Male Male percentage of total strength Female Female percentage of total strength A2G3Z1 13 0.03 1 *0.00 A2G3Z5 7 0.01 nil nil A2G4Z1 2 *0.00 nil nil A2G4Z4 1 *0.00 nil nil A3G3Z1 46 0.09 nil nil A3G3Z3 2 *0.00 nil nil A3G3Z5 10 0.02 nil nil A3G4Z1 5 0.01 nil nil A3G4Z5 3 0.01 nil nil A4GIZ4 nil nil 1 *0.00 A4G2Z2 1 *0.00 nil nil A4G2Z3 32 0.07 1 *0.00 A4G2Z4 1 *0.00 nil nil A4G3Z1 471 0.97 291 0.60 A4G3Z2 3 0.01 nil nil A4G3Z3 7 0.01 1 *0.00 A4G3Z4 4 0.01 1 *0.00 A4G3Z5 1,071 2.20 263 0.54 A4G4Z1 264 0.54 40 0.08 A4G4Z2 4 0.01 2 *0.00 A4G4Z3 2 *0.00 nil nil A4G4Z4 1 *0.00 nil nil A4G4Z5 1,036 2.13 155 0.32 A4G5Z0 128 0.26 23 0.05 A5G1Z5 1 *0.00 nil nil A5G3Z1 1 *0.00 1 *0.00 A5G3Z5 6 0.01 2 *0.00 A5G4Z5 4 0.01 1 *0.00 Notes:
1.The figures are as at 1 May 2002.
2.Figures have been rounded to the nearest two decimal places. Those marked with an asterisk are 0.004 per cent. or less.
3. Army and RAF figures show medically downgraded trained personnel as a percentage of trained strength.
4. Naval figures show totally medically downgraded personnel, including new entry trainees, as a percentage of total strength as the Royal Navy is unable to provide separate figures for medically downgraded trained personnel only.
5. The Army PO category normally relates to personnel undergoing hospital treatment or on hospital sick leave, but may also include personnel for whom no PULHHEEMS employment standard is recorded on the personnel computer.