§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 27 November 2002,Official Report, column 324W, what was the breakdown by rank of those discharged under QR9.413 in the last 15 years. [92701]
§ Dr. MoonieThe breakdown by rank of those discharged under Queen's Regulations 1975 Paragraph 9.413 'Not required for a full Army career' in the last 15 years is shown in the following table.
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Year Rank CPL + above LCPL PTE Year total 1988 69 174 249 492 1989 97 130 240 467 1990 34 49 57 140 1991 28 25 47 100 1992 116 128 87 331 1993 47 45 65 157 1994 1 0 13 14 1995 0 0 7 7 1996 58 83 61 202 1997 85 93 53 231 1998 67 57 51 175 1999 33 35 25 93 2000 11 24 31 66 2001 and 2002 5 14 31 50 Total 651 857 1,017 2,525 Due to the low numbers involved, the figures for 2001 and 2002 have been combined and the information is not broken down by rank above Corporal (Cpl.), because this could identify individuals and breach disclosure and confidentiality policy.