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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

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


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