HC Deb 11 March 2004 vol 418 cc1648-52W
Dr. Murrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) dental personnel and (b) dentists are employed within Her Majesty's Armed Forces, broken down by(a) grade, (b) whole-time equivalents and (c) headcount numbers for each year since 1990. [159673]

Mr. Caplin

Figures for all dental service personnel are shown in the table. The figures for officers represent qualified dentists for each service. The tables show figures for each equivalent NATO rank and these are set out. Since there are no part-time dental personnel. the total figure represents both the headcount and the whole-time equivalents.

Naval Service

Naval Service1,2

OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 Total
(a) Officers
April 1990 — — 7 30 19 15 72
April 1991 — 1 7 27 22 18 75
April 1992 — 1 6 27 18 20 72
April 1993 — 1 5 27 20 23 76
April 1994 — 1 5 22 18 29 75
April 1995 — 1 5 21 19 24 70
April 1996 — 1 6 16 19 20 62
April 1997 — 1 6 12 26 20 65
April 1998 — 1 5 14 20 24 64
April 1999 — 1 5 15 23 19 63
April 2000 — 1 6 15 17 21 60
April 2001 — 1 6 16 16 23 62
April 2002 — 1 5 17 17 21 61
April 2003 — 1 6 14 19 17 57
January 2004 — 1 7 13 23 13 57
(b) Ratings
April 1990 — 3 19 40 47 13 122
April 1991 1 3 20 41 49 10 124
April 1992 1 3 19 38 52 6 119
April 1993 1 5 18 41 45 4 114
April 1094 — 5 17 40 42 4 108
April 1995 — 4 17 43 36 10 110
April 1996 — 3 16 41 43 2 105
April 1997 1 4 16 35 35 4 95
April 1998 1 4 16 34 36 9 100
April 1999 1 4 17 34 38 5 99
April 2000 1 5 15 28 45 — 94
April 2001 1 5 14 26 42 — 88
April 2002 1 5 14 40 33 — 93
April 2003 2 6 13 35 42 — 98
January 2004 2 5 14 32 48 — 101
1 All Naval Service Officers in the tables are qualified dentists
2 The ratings figures comprise of hygienists and dental surgical assistants
Note:
Officers at OF-6 and above in the Naval Service are no longer practising dentists.
— denotes zero

Army

The figures in the tables are for the Royal Army Dental Core (RADC) which contains all dental personnel within the Army.

Army1,2,3

OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 Total
(a) Officers
April 1990 — 3 27 51 64 52 197
April 1991 1 2 30 56 60 45 194
April 1992 1 2 30 52 64 34 183
April 1993 — 3 24 57 53 41 178
April 1994 — 3 23 51 59 32 168
April 1995 — 3 20 47 56 28 154
April 1996 — 2 19 57 41 26 145
April 1997 — 1 18 52 39 29 139
April 1998 1 17 50 40 32 140
April 1999 — 1 16 45 38 41 141
April 2000 — 1 17 46 31 49 144
April 2001 1 1 19 45 31 52 149
April 2002 1 2 18 46 33 41 141
April 2003 1 2 19 41 40 48 151
January 2004 1 2 17 40 47 47 154

OR-9 OR-8 OR-7 OR-6 OR-4 OR-3 OR-2/OR-1 Total
(b) Soldiers
April 1990 9 17 24 64 31 27 18 190
April 1991 9 17 25 55 28 24 21 179
April 1992 8 17 21 54 33 24 15 172
April 1993 8 19 25 69 64 67 50 302
April 1994 8 16 23 50 66 55 45 263
April 1995 6 12 26 44 59 51 45 243
April 1996 9 10 23 48 63 48 41 242
April 1997 6 11 24 44 53 46 49 233
April 1998 4 14 22 43 49 44 38 214
April 1999 5 12 24 45 45 50 38 219
April 2000 5 13 24 46 54 51 33 226
April 2001 5 15 21 42 65 50 42 240
April 2002 5 13 22 40 69 49 47 245
April 2003 6 15 22 38 70 55 59 265
January 2004 7 14 21 44 68 52 51 257
1All Army officers in the table are qualified dentists, however as at 1 January 2004 there were 15 officers within the RADC who had an unallocated trade.
2The soldiers figures are a mixture of hygienists, dental technicians, support specialists and other dental personnel
3Officers at OF-7 are no longer practising dentists.
—denotes zero

Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force1,2,3

OF-7 OF-6 OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-21/OF(D) Total
(a) Officers
April 1990 — 3 13 36 36 32 — 120
April 1991 — 3 11 33 44 29 — 120
April 1992 — 3 13 29 48 28 — 121
April 1993 1 2 14 31 44 27 — 119
April 1994 1 2 12 29 48 22 1 115
April 1995 1 2 9 32 47 19 — 110
April 1996 1 2 8 32 44 17 — 104
April 1997 2 2 9 20 43 11 87
April 1998 1 2 9 22 38 8 80
April 1999 1 2 10 24 36 12 85
April 2000 1 3 8 32 25 9 — 78
April 2001 1 3 7 35 19 11 — 76
April 2002 — 2 7 31 21 12 — 73
April 2003 — 1 8 28 19 10 — 66
January 2004 — 1 10 23 26 16 — 76

OR-9 OR-7 OR-6 OR-4 OR-2 OR-I Total
(b) Airmen
April 1990 7 22 45 48 27 147 296
April 1991 7 23 46 49 26 146 297
April 1992 7 23 46 52 17 157 302
April 1993 7 24 44 51 9 153 288
April 1994 6 23 42 51 12 149 283
April 1995 4 22 47 52 17 141 283
April 1996 4 14 44 42 14 126 244
April 1997 4 13 45 39 7 110 218
April 1998 4 14 43 36 4 103 204
April 1999 3 14 41 38 2 97 195
April 2000 4 14 36 39 2 97 192
April 2001 4 18 33 44 4 99 202
April 2002 4 16 32 48 3 89 192
April 2003 6 17 25 51 0 91 190
January 2004 6 17 27 48 0 105 203
1All RAF officers in the table are dentists 2The Airmen figures are a mixture of hygienists, administrative staff, and technicians and nurses
3Officers at OF-6 and above are no longer practising dentists. However there may be service personnel between OF-3 to OF-5 who although being qualified dentists may not be practising due to being posted on staff appointments.
—denotes zero