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UK regular forces other ranks by top level budget and NATO rank^{( 1)} at 1 April 2006
Number
	O R -9	O R -8^{( 4)}	O R -7	O R -6	O R -4	O R -3^{( 3,4)}	O R -2	O R -1^{( 3)}	Total
Operational TLBs	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	126,440
Commander-in-Chief Fleet⁽²⁾	590	680	3,150	3,880	5,740	200	13,250	10	27,500
Commander-in-Chief Land	970	2,790	4,100	7,690	11,750	12,740	26,050	840	66,950
General Officer Commanding Northern Ireland	70	200	250	520	890	910	1,660	30	4,520
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Strike Command	670	30	1,960	4,100	5,930	100	11,090	50	23,940
Chief of Joint Operations	100	100	300	550	890	310	1,280	20	3540
Support TLBs	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36,320
Adjutant General	390	930	1,090	1,690	2,430	960	900	9,840	18,220
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief RAF Personnel and Training Command	220	40	790	1,650	1,780	40	1,080	940	6,530
Defence Logistics Organisation	370	260	1,240	780	670	90	510	⁽⁵⁾—	3,910
Central	330	470	1,000	1,580	2,000	490	1,200	40	7,110
Defence Estates	20	30	10	10	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	80
Corporate Science and Technology	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—
Defence Procurement Agency	80	60	200	110	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	460
Trading Funds	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	10	10	10	⁽⁵⁾—	10	⁽⁵⁾—	50
Defence Science and Technology Laboratories	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	10	10	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	20
Meteorological Office	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—
UK Hydrographic Office	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—
Defence Aviation Repair Agency	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	10	10	⁽⁵⁾—	10	⁽⁵⁾—	30
Army Base Repair Organisation	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—
Unallocated	10	⁽⁵⁾—	20	40	60	⁽⁵⁾—	210	⁽⁵⁾—	340
^{(1 )}No Service have personnel at NATO Rank OF-10. ⁽²⁾ 2^(nd) Sea Lord/Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command TLB has closed, personnel now belong to Commander-in-Chief Fleet TLB. Operational and support personnel are therefore consolidated within the one Navy TLB. ⁽³⁾ The Naval Service has no personnel at NATO Ranks OR-1 or OR-3 ⁽⁴⁾ The Royal Air Force has no personnel at NATO Ranks OR-3 or OR-8 ⁽⁵⁾ zero or rounded to zero. Notes: 1. Due to the introduction of a new Personnel Administration System for RAF, 1 April 2006 RAF Budgetary data are provisional and subject to review. 2. Due to the rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Source: DASA (Tri-Service)

Armed Forces: Divorce

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel were granted a divorce in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006 who (i) have since left the armed forces and (ii) are still serving. [122196]

Derek Twigg: The following tables provide the number of Army and RAF personnel divorcing in 2005 and 2006, broken down by divorcees who have subsequently left the armed forces and those still serving. Naval service data are not available as the Naval service groups ‘Separated’, ‘Divorced’ and ‘Widowed’ together.

Figures are for UK regular forces, and therefore exclude Gurkhas, full-time reserve service personnel, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. Figures are for trained and untrained personnel excluding officer designates.

The term ‘divorce’ includes ‘decree absolute’ and ‘marriage annulled’. It excludes ‘decree nisi’ and individuals who are separated.

Army
	2005	2006
Number of divorces	1,040	900
Divorcees still serving as at 1 January 2007	890	870
Divorcees subsequently leaving the armed forces	160	40

RAF
	2005	2006
Number of divorces	570	n/a
Divorcees still serving as at 1 January 2007	480	n/a
Divorcees subsequently leaving the armed forces	90	n/a
Notes: ‘n/a’ denotes not available. Due to the introduction of a new personnel administration system, RAF data are not available. Due to the rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in five have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

In compiling this data a small error has been discovered in the RAF data given in my reply of 19 February 2007, Official Report, column 202W, to the hon. Member for Forest Dean (Mr. Harper) for which I apologise.

The error does not substantially alter the estimates of divorce rates in the RAF.

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