§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much separated service was recorded by the(a) RAF Separated Service Recording System in each year since 2002 and (b) Navy Separated Service Recording System in each year since 2001. [187126]
§ Mr. CaplinThe information is as follows:
(a) RAF Separated Service
The following table shows Separated Service recorded by the RAF Separated Service Recording System in each year since 2002.
Number of personnel spending time on Separated Service Number of instance of Separated Service Number of days spent on Separated Service 2002 35,400 109,600 2,205,500 2003 35,300 110.400 2,236,700 2004 (up to 30 June) 27,300 60,900 925,100 Separated service includes deployment, training for deployment and routine tasks and routine training courses.
1439W(b) Navy Separated Service
A system for recording separated service has been implemented, but data is still being gathered and problems have arisen in transferring data from ships and units to the central systems. The coverage of the data is therefore still insufficient to allow meaningful statistical analysis at this time.