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Reserve Forces
Mr. Brazier: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the proportion of members of reserve forces who belong to ethnic minorities. [85489]
Mr. Watson [holding answer 14 July 2006]: The proportion of ethnic minorities(1) in the volunteer reserve forces for 1 April 2006(2):
| Percentage | |
| (1) Ethnic minority proportions are calculated as a percentage of those personnel for whom we hold a record of ethnic origin, ie excluding those of unspecified ethnic origin. (2) Due to the introduction of a new Personnel Administration System for RAF, all RAF data are for 1 March 2006. (3) Figures include Mobilised TA personnel and University Officer Training Corps but exclude Non Regular Permanent Staff and Full Time Reserve Service personnel. | |
Royal Navy
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many serving naval (a) engineering mechanics, (b) submariner nuclear watchkeepers and (c) medical assistants there are; and what the requirement is for each category. [85753]
Mr. Watson: The requirement and numbers serving for engineering ratings, submariner nuclear watchkeepers and medical assistants, as at 1 June 2006, are:
| Specialisation | Trained requirement | Trained strength | Untrained strength |
| Notes: 1. The Navy is currently restructuring the engineering branches, moving from the artificer/mechanic career streams to a single technician stream. This process is in mid transition, so no meaningful figures can be obtained for mechanics alone. The figures provided are for all ratings engineers (mechanics, technicians and artificers). 2. The figures for submariner nuclear watchkeepers are for the petty officer. Chief petty officer and warrant officer 2 ranks of the marine engineer (submariner) specialisations. 3. The figures for medical assistants are for the medical assistant (general service), medical assistant (submariner) and medical assistant (commando) specialisations. 4. The requirement relates to posts that need to be filled by trained personnel. To enable valid comparisons the “numbers serving” figures have been split into trained and untrained. 5. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. | |||
Saudi Arabia
Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the value was of armaments purchased from the UK by the Government of Saudi Arabia in each year since 1997. [84347]
Mr. Ingram: Statistics on the value of exports of military equipment have been published by country for each year since 1997 in the Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls. It is planned to publish the Annual Report for 2005 towards the end of this month.
Service Children (Education)
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of children in service children's education schools achieved three A-level passes each year since 1997. [83701]
Mr. Watson: Of the students who sat three or more A-level examinations at service children's education schools since 1997, the following percentages achieved a pass mark graded at A-E in three or more subjects:
| Percentage | |
These figures relate to A-level examinations only and not A-level equivalent examinations which are becoming an increasingly common option for students.
Spectrum Utilisation
Mr. Harper: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list mobile and fixed linked bands that (a) were and (b) were not subject to spectrum pricing in each financial year from 2004-05. [83353]
Mr. Ingram: The bands subject to spectrum pricing in 2004-05 and 2005-06 and the basis of pricing were as follows:
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | ||||
| Band Min. (MHz) | Band Max. (MHz) | Pricing Basis | Band Min. (MHz) | Band Max. (MHz) | Pricing Basis |
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