§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many Army regiments are running at more than(a) five and (b) ten per cent. below their recommended complement of non-commissioned officers, and if he will make a statement [78274]
(2) how many Army regiments are running at more than (a) five and (b) ten per cent. below their recommended complement of commissioned officers; and if he will make a statement. [78273]
§ Mr. IngramThe information requested is not held by Regiment, but by Arms/Corps. Those Arms/Corps running at more than five per cent. below their recommended compliment of non-commissioned officers and warrant officers are shown in the table.
Percentage Warrant Officers Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps -37.9 Non-Commissioned Officers Royal Artillery -12.1 Royal Signals -9.4 Infantry -8.8 Army Air Corps -21.2 Royal Logistics Corps -6.4 Royal Army Medical Corps -16.9 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers -11.8 Royal Army Veterinary Corps -25.0 Small Arms School Corps -12.2 Army Physical Training Corps -31.4 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps -40.9 Those Arms/Corps running at more than ten per cent. below their recommended compliment of noncommissioned officers and warrant officers are shown in the following table.
Percentage Warrant Officers Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps -37.9 Non-Commissioned Officers Royal Artillery -2.1 Army Air Corps -21.2 Royal Army Medical Corps -16.9 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers -11.8 Royal Army Veterinary Corps -25.0 Small Arms School Corps -12.2 Army Physical Training Corps -31.4 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps -40.9 Non-commissioned officers are those soldiers with the rank of Lance Corporal up to and including Staff Sergeant. Warrant Officers are not classified as noncommissioned officers, the data has been included for completeness. All figures are as at 1 September 2002 and for trained personnel only.
Those Arms/Corps running at more than five per cent. below their recommended compliment of commissioned officers are shown in the following table.
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Percentage Royal Signals 5.8 Army Air Corps 8.9
Percentage Royal Army Chaplains Department 9.7 Royal Army Medical Corps 27.0 Adjutant General's Corps (Provost) 8.5 Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) 14.8 Royal Army Veterinary Corps 17.4 Royal Army Dental Corps 5.6 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps 19.9 Corps of Army Music 5.6 Those Arms/Corps running at more than ten per cent. below their recommended compliment of commissioned officers are shown in the following table.
Percentage Royal Army Medical Corps 27.0 Adjutant General's Corps (Staff and Personnel Support) 14.8 Royal Army Veterinary Corps 17.4 Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps 19.9 All figures are as at 1 September 2002 and for trained personnel only.