§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) males and (b) females are employed in the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Air Force and (iii) Royal Navy as (A) commissioned officers, (B) non-commissioned officers and (C) other ranks. [168620]
§ Mr. CaplinThe strengths of male and female commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers and other ranks in each service as at 1 January 2004 are shown below:
Naval Service1 Army Royal Air Force Males Commissioned officers2 7,110 12,420 9,600 Non-commissioned officers3 16,940 51,470 20,860 Other4 13,240 39,700 16,610 Total 37,280 103,600 47,070 Females Commissioned officers2 620 1,370 1,330 Non-commissioned officers3 1,120 3,950 1,800 Other4 1,960 2,980 3,020 Total 3,700 8,310 6,150 1Naval Service includes Royal Navy and Royal Marines. 2Commissioned officers include officers designate and above in the Naval Service and Royal Air Force. In the Army, commissioned officers include 2nd Lieutenant and above. As at 1 January 2004, there were an additional 660 male officers designate and 140 female officers designate in the Army, who are excluded from the table above. 3Non-commissioned officers includes junior non-commissioned officers; that is, ranks of Leading Rate and above in the Royal Navy, Lance Corporal and above in the Army and Corporal and above in the Royal Marines and Royal Air Force. 4This represents all other ranks who arc not non-commissioned officers. Notes: 1. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. 2. Due to rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of their parts. Figures provided are for United Kingdom regular forces (including both trained and untrained personnel), and therefore exclude Gurkhas, full-time reserve personnel, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment, mobilised reservists and naval activated reservists.