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| Army |
| Operational pinch point trades | Percentage of current population breaching harmony |
|
Infantryman Pte-LCpl
|
10.7
|
|
Vehicle Mechanic Pte-Cpl
|
33.5
|
|
Armourer Pte-Cpl
|
26.9
|
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|
Recovery Mechanic LCpl-Cpl
|
31.2
|
|
Operational Military Intelligence Cpl-Sgt
|
8.6
|
|
Clerk of Works SSqt-WO1
|
17.1
|
|
Military Engineer Fitter Spr-LCpl
|
14
|
|
Royal Artillery Gunner LBdr-Bdr
|
(1)—
|
(1 )Currently not available. Note: The figure for separated service reflects the percentage of personnel within that trade that has completed more than 415 days separated service in the last 30 month rolling period. There are a number of recruitment and retention incentives that specifically targeted at pinch point groups. Individuals are micro-managed by the Arms and Services Directors in order to maintain operational capability and Individual Harmony. Each Service has a Pinch Point Working Group and there is a quarterly Pinch Point Working Group that aims to deliver best practice across the Services.
|
| RAF |
| Operational pinch point | Percentage of current population breaching harmony |
|
Medical
|
3.1
|
|
Operations Support (Intelligence)
|
20.2
|
|
Operations Support (RRAF Regt)
|
18.5
|
|
Operations Support (Provost/Security)
|
11.7
|
|
Operations Support (Flight Ops)
|
12.1
|
|
Princess Mary's RAF Nursing Service
|
8.1
|
|
Weapons Systems Operator (Air Load Master)
|
4.7
|
|
Weapon Systems Operator (Linguist)
|
4.3
|
|
Air Traffic Controller/ Flight Operations Manager and Flight Operations Assistant
|
2.7/6.2
|
|
Firefighter
|
21.2
|
|
Gunner
|
25.3
|
|
Movements Operator
|
11.1
|
|
MT Tech
|
14.5
|
|
RAF Police
|
14.2
|
|
Staff Nurse (RGN) A&E A & E
|
9.3
|
Note: The figure for separated service reflects the percentage of personnel within that trade that has completed more than 140 days separated service in the last 12 month rolling period. As with the RN and the Army, pinch point trades are micro-managed with the emphasis on retention and then recruiting. Specific measures are targeted at each group.
|
Nick Harvey:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what percentage of the total (a) strength and (b) requirement of (i) regular army officers and (ii) regular army other ranks was made up by the recruitment of British nationals in each year since 1997; [194429]
(2) what percentage of the total (a) strength and (b) requirement of regular army (i) officers and (ii) other ranks was made up by the recruitment of citizens of Commonwealth countries in each year since 1997; [194430]
(3) how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks of British nationality were recruited to the Regular Army in each year since 1997; [194432]
(4) how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks were recruited from Commonwealth countries to the Regular Army in each year since 1997. [194433]
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Mr. Bob Ainsworth:
The following tables show the strength of officers and soldiers with UK and Commonwealth nationalities as a proportion of the total strength and requirement for each financial year since 1997. Also provided is the intake of UK and Commonwealth officers and soldiers against the total intake for each financial year since 1997.
| Regular Army UK and Commonwealth officer strength rates against average officer strength and requirements from 1 April 1997 to 28 February 2007 |
| P ercentage |
| Against average strength | UK | Commonwealth |
|
1997-98
|
97.8
|
1.3
|
|
1998-99
|
97.8
|
1.3
|
|
1999-2000
|
97.8
|
1.3
|
|
2000-01
|
97.7
|
1.4
|
|
2001-02
|
97.6
|
1.5
|
|
2002-03
|
97.6
|
1.5
|
|
2003-04
|
97.5
|
1.6
|
|
2004-05
|
97.4
|
1.8
|
|
2005-06
|
97.3
|
1.9
|
|
2006-07(1)
|
97.2
|
2.0
|
| P ercentage |
| Against Requirements | UK | Commonwealth |
|
1997-98
|
98.3
|
1.3
|
|
1998-99
|
97.0
|
1.3
|
|
1999-2000
|
97.4
|
1.3
|
|
2000-01
|
94.9
|
1.4
|
|
2001-02
|
92.8
|
1.4
|
|
2002-03
|
94.3
|
1.5
|
|
2003-04
|
95.9
|
1.6
|
|
2004-05
|
97.8
|
1.8
|
|
2005-06
|
97.3
|
1.9
|
|
2006-07(1)
|
101.2
|
2.0
|
| Regular Army UK and Commonwealth Officer intake against total regular Army officer intake from 1 April 1997 to 28 February 2007 |
| | Total Intake | UK | Commonwealth (excluding UK) |
|
1997-98
|
990
|
960
|
20
|
|
1998-99
|
800
|
760
|
20
|
|
1999-2000
|
1,130
|
1,080
|
40
|
|
2000-01
|
930
|
890
|
30
|
|
2001-02
|
890
|
850
|
30
|
|
2002-03
|
980
|
920
|
50
|
|
2003-04
|
940
|
900
|
40
|
|
2004-05
|
790
|
750
|
30
|
|
2005-06
|
820
|
780
|
20
|
|
2006-07(1)
|
820
|
790
|
10
|
| Regular Army UK and Commonwealth soldier strength rates against average soldier strengths and requirements from 1 April 1997 to 28 February 2007 |
| P ercentage |
| Against average strengths | UK | Commonwealth |
|
1997-98
|
99.2
|
0.4
|
|
1998-99
|
99.1
|
0.5
|
|
1999-2000
|
99.1
|
0.5
|
|
2000-01
|
98.8
|
0.8
|
|
2001-02
|
98.2
|
1.3
|
|
2002-03
|
97.3
|
2.3
|
|
2003-04
|
95.7
|
3.9
|
|
2004-05
|
94.0
|
5.6
|
|
2005-06
|
92.9
|
6.6
|
|
2006-07(1)
|
92.2
|
6.7
|
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| Percentage |
| Against requirements | UK | Commonweal th |
|
1997-98
|
93.1
|
0.4
|
|
1998-99
|
92.6
|
0.4
|
|
1999-2000
|
92.5
|
0.5
|
|
2000-01
|
91.8
|
0.7
|
|
2001-02
|
90.3
|
1.2
|
|
2002-03
|
90.1
|
2.1
|
|
2003-04
|
90.7
|
3.7
|
|
2004-05
|
90.1
|
5.3
|
|
2005-06
|
89.7
|
6.4
|
|
2006-07(1)
|
88.6
|
6.4
|
| Regular Army UK and Commonwealth soldier intake against total regular Army soldier intake from 1 April 1997 to 28 February 2007 |
| | Total intake | UK | Commonwealth (excluding UK) |
|
1997-98
|
14,510
|
14,370
|
60
|
|
1998-99
|
16,300
|
16,070
|
160
|
|
1999-2000
|
15,480
|
14,940
|
470
|
|
2000-01
|
13,910
|
13,130
|
730
|
|
2001-02
|
14,040
|
12,870
|
1,140
|
|
2002-03
|
15,720
|
13,710
|
1,960
|
|
2003-04
|
14,320
|
12,670
|
1,580
|
|
2004-05
|
10,940
|
9,840
|
1,000
|
|
2004-05
|
790
|
750
|
30
|
|
2005-06
|
820
|
780
|
20
|
|
2006-07(1)
|
820
|
790
|
10
|
