House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 11 Jan 2007 (pt 0012)

11 Jan 2007 : Column 704W—continued

The number of trained military chaplains in each of the last five years broken down by denomination and service is shown in the following table.

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	As at 1 April each year
Denomination	2001^{( 6)}	2002^{( 6)}	2003^{( 6)}	2004^{( 6)}	2005^{( 6)}	2006^{( 7)}	1 November 2006^{( 1,7)}
Naval service^{( 5)}	75	70	65	70	70	65	65⁽²⁾
Baptist	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	^(2,4)—
Church of England	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	35	⁽²⁾35
Church of Scotland	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	10	⁽²⁾10
Free Church of Scotland	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	^(2,4)—
Methodist	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	^(2,4)—
Roman Catholic	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—	10	⁽²⁾10

Army	150	150	150	150	145	145	145
Baptist	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Calvinistic Church of Wales	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
Church of England	80	75	75	75	75	70	70
Church of Ireland	10	10	5	5	5	10	10
Church of Scotland	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Church of Wales	⁽⁴⁾—	5	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
Episcopalian - Scottish	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
Free Church of Scotland	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
Methodist	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Presbyterian - Ireland	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
Presbyterian - Scotland	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—	⁽³⁾—
Roman Catholic	20	25	25	25	25	25	20
Unified Reformed Church	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—

RAF	75	75	70	75	75	75	⁽²⁾70
Baptist	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—
Church of England	50	50	45	45	45	45	⁽⁸⁾—
Church of Ireland	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—
Church of Scotland	5	5	5	5	5	5	⁽⁸⁾—
Methodist	5	5	5	5	5	5	⁽⁸⁾—
Presbyterian	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—	⁽⁸⁾—
Roman Catholic	10	10	10	10	10	10	⁽⁸⁾—
⁽¹⁾ Due to the introduction of a new personnel administration system, the breakdown of naval service chaplains by rank and denomination is provisional at November 2006 and a breakdown of RAF chaplains by denomination is not available at November 2006. The total number of naval service and RAF chaplains at November 2006 is provisional pending review. ⁽²⁾ Denotes provisional. ⁽³⁾ Denotes zero. ^{(4 )}Denotes fewer than five. All other figures have been rounded to the nearest five. ⁽⁵⁾ Naval Service includes Royal Navy and Royal Marines. ⁽⁶⁾ A breakdown of naval service chaplains by denomination is not available prior to April 2006 as this information is not held centrally. ⁽⁷⁾ The naval service totals for April 2006 and November 2006 include five Christian chaplains of unknown denomination. The Army totals for April 2006 and November 2006 include fewer than five Christian chaplains of unknown denomination. The RAF total for April 2006 includes fewer than five Christian chaplains of unknown denomination. ⁽⁸⁾ Denotes not available.

UK regular forces excludes full-time reserve service personnel, Ghurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists.

Departmental Budget

Mr. Ellwood: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there have been in-year changes to his Department’s budget. [113780]

Mr. Ingram: There have been changes to the budget to reflect alterations to Top Level Budget Holders (TLB) allocations of Resource funding to bring the allocations into line with responsibility transfers between TLBs, and other adjustments to reflect the defence outputs required since Main Estimates. The effect of these transfers is shown in the Winter Supplementary Estimates. There will be further adjustments in the Spring Supplementary Estimates.

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