§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the strength of the RAF Medical Services is, broken down by(a) service, (b) rank, (c) specialisation and (d) establishment. [169996]
§ Mr. CaplinTables 1 and 2 show the strength of personnel in the RAF Medical Services, by rank and specialisation. Table 3 details the number of RAF medical personnel by Ministry of Defence establishment. These figures do not include dental officers and other ranks.
Those deployed on operations are not shown separately but are recorded at their home unit.
All figures are correct as at 1 April 2004.
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Table 1: Officer ranks Specialism Rank Medical officer Medical support Princess Mary Royal Air Force Nursing Service Total Air Vice Marshall 1 — — 1 Air Commodore 7 — — 7 Group Captain 20 1 1 22 Wing Commander 62 11 11 84 Squadron Leader 59 18 46 123 Flight Lieutenant 51 30 57 138 Flight Officer 12 10 4 26 Pilot Officer/Acting Pilot Officer/Officer Cadet 33 3 — 36 Total 245 73 119 437
Table 3: Locutions of officer and other ranks Location Number of personnel: Officer ranks Number of personnel: Other ranks Total Defence Community Psychiatry Catterick — 2 2 Defence Dental Agency HQ Halton 2 — 2 Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre Headly Court 5 15 20 Defence Medical Services HQ London 27 1 28 Defence School of Transport Leconfield — 2 2 Department Community Psychiatry Shrewsbury 1 2 3 DMETA, Gosport 4 4 8 External Training 52 9 61 Gosport Fort Blockhouse Defence Medical College — 55 55 HQ DISC Support Unit, Chicksands — 1 1 Joint Personnel Administration Worthy Down — 1 1 Joint Services Command and Staff College Defence Academy Shrivenham 2 — 2 JSU RMC — 2 2 Lossiemouth 3 14 17 MDHU Derriford Plymouth 6 — 6 MDHU Frimley Park 3 — 3 MDHU Haslar, Portsmouth 23 84 107 MDHU Peterborough 41 92 133 Medical Supply Agency Ludgeshall 3 1 4 MoD Fire Centre Manston — 3 3 Northolt — 10 10 Overseas not deployed 26 76 102 Permanent Joint Headquarters Northwood 1 — 1 RAF Benson 3 19 22 RAF Bentley Priory SHU — 2 2 RAF Boulmer — 9 9 RAF Brampton — 22 22 RAF Brize Norton 6 41 47 RAF Buchan 1 4 5 RAF Coltishall 3 14 17 RAF Conningsby 1 12 13 RAF Corsham — 5 5 RAF Cosford — 2 2 RAF Cottesmore 2 17 19 RAF Digby — 7 7 RAF Fylingdales — 2 2 RAF Halton 4 87 91 RAF Henlow 59 26 85 RAF High Wycombe 6 17 23 RAF Honington 2 17 19 RAF Innsworth 46 42 88 RAF Kinloss 2 19 21 RAF Leeming 2 16 18 RAF Leuchars 2 19 21 RAF Linton on Ouse 2 19 21 RAF Lyneham 26 85 111 RAF Marham 4 28 32 RAF Odiham 2 20 22 RAF Saxa Vord — 1 1 RAF Sealand Support Unit — 9 9 RAF Shawbury 1 13 14 RAF Spadeadam — 2 2 RAF St. Athan Support Unit — 14 14 RAF St. Mawgan — 6 6 RAF Stafford — 8 8 RAF Uxbridge — 7 7 RAF Valley 1 11 12 RAF Waddington 2 16 18 RAF Wittering 2 15 17 RAF/RAFC Cranwell 23 41 64 RAFSU Boscombe Down — 3 3 Royal Centre of Defence Medicine Selly Oak 28 58 86 Royal Military College of Science Shrivenham — 1 1 St Thomas' Hospital London — 1 1 Totals 437 1,273 1,710