House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 18 Jun 2008 (pt 0020)

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No Royal Navy or Royal Air Force personnel have been reported as absent without leave in Iraq or Afghanistan. For the Army, information on geographical location is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Armed Forces: Disciplinary Proceedings

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel were dismissed from the armed forces due to drug abuse in each year since 2003, broken down by (a) rank and (b) service. [211970]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The information is provided in the following table. Figures for the Army are not available by rank.

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Number discharged following a positive result at compulsory drug testing
Year/ Rank	RN (including RM)	Army	RAF
2003
Junior Rates/Ranks	50	n/a	20
Warrant Officers/Senior Rates/Senior Non Commissioned Officers	0	n/a	0
Officers and Cadets	0	n/a	0
Total	50	406	20

2004
Junior Rates/Ranks	46	n/a	22
Warrant Officers/Senior Rates/Senior Non Commissioned Officers	1	n/a	0
Officers and Cadets	0	n/a	0
Total	47	423	22

2005
Junior Rates/Ranks	39	n/a	20
Warrant Officers/Senior Rates/Senior Non Commissioned Officers	0	n/a	0
Officers and Cadets	0	n/a	0
Total	39	573	20

2006
Junior Rates/Ranks	46	n/a	14
Warrant Officers/Senior Rates/Senior Non Commissioned Officers	1	n/a	0
Officers and Cadets	0	n/a	0
Total	47	608	14

2007
Junior Rates/Ranks	42	n/a	12
Warrant Officers/Senior Rates/Senior Non Commissioned Officers	1	n/a	0
Officers and Cadets	0	n/a	0
Total	43	610	12

Armed Forces: Flood Control

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel were deployed to assist those affected by flooding in England and Wales during 2007. [211968]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The armed forces provided assistance to the civil authorities on two occasions in 2007: in June during the flooding in Yorkshire and Humberside region and in July in the south west.

In June 2007, during flooding in the Yorkshire and Humberside region, approximately 100 personnel drawn from the Army and the Royal Air Force were involved. In July 2007, during flooding in the south west, a total of approximately 1,000 personnel drawn from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, the Army and the Royal Air Force were involved. This consisted of about 350 personnel deployed at any one time. All personnel were deployed at the request of the Environment Agency, and undertook tasks such as search and rescue, construction of emergency flood defences and the distribution of bulk and bottled water.

Armed Forces: Pay

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much and what proportion of the defence budget was spent on service pay in each of the last five years. [211506]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The information is shown in the outturn figures for service salary and wages for 2003-04 to 2006-07 can be found in the departmental annual report and accounts. The relevant information is provided in the following table.

	Service pay outturn (£ million)	Department total resource outturn (£ million)	Percentage of service pay against total outturn
2006-07	8,422.935	34,004.995	24.77
2005-06	8,262.776	34,862.134	23.70
2004-05	8,047.195	32,561.830	24.71
2003-04	7,973.835	34,651.226	23.01

Figures for 2007-08 will be published in the annual report and accounts later this year.

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Armed Forces: Working Hours

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many on-duty hours as defined by the Defence Analytical Services Agency the (a) armed forces, (b) Royal Navy, (c) Army and (d) Royal Air Force undertook in each of the last five years. [210654]

Derek Twigg: Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA) carry out a continuous sample survey of working patterns of service personnel.

The 2006-07 Survey of Continuous Working Patterns report provides estimates of the average number of hours spent on-duty per week which is available in the Library of the House.

The 2007-08 report is currently being compiled and is expected to be ready towards the end of 2008.

Army: Labour Turnover

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow of (i) Territorial Army, (ii) Royal Armoured Corps, (iii) Royal Artillery, (iv) Royal Engineers, (v) Royal Signals, (vi) infantry, (vii) Army Air Corps, (viii) Royal Army Chaplains Department, (ix) Royal Logistics Corps, (x) Royal Army Medical Corps, (xi) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, (xii) Adjutant General's Corps, (xiii) Royal Army Veterinary Corps, (xiv) Small Arms School Corps, (xv) Royal Army Dentistry Corps, (xvi) Intelligence Corps, (xvii) Army Physical Training Corps and (xviii) Queen Alexandra's Royal Auxiliary Nursing Corps personnel was in each year since 1997. [210656]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The following table shows total intake and outflow for Territorial personnel during the period 1 October 2003 to 28 February 2007. October 2003 is the earliest date for which reliable TA inflow and outflow is available.

Inflow and outflow of Territorial Army officers and soldiers by calendar year^{( 1, 2, 3, 4)}
Calendar year	Inflow^{( 5)}	Outflow^{( 6)}
2003 (1 October to 31 December)	3,360	2,370
2004	7,690	9,410
2005	8,650	8,240
2006	8,560	9,920
2007 (1 January to 28 February⁽⁷⁾)	1,020	1,700
Notes: ⁽¹⁾ The data exclude full-time Reserve Service (FTRS), non-regular permanent staff (NRPS) and mobilised TA but includes the Officer Training Corps (OTC). ^{(2 )}The data are based on flows during the period 1 October 2003 to 31 December 2003, calendar years 2004, 2005 and 2006, and the period 1 January 2007 to 28 February 2007. ^{(3 )}The data have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 'five' have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. ^{(4 )}Figures are for both officers and soldiers. ^{(5 )}Inflow figures include all inflow e.g. intake from civil life and intake from other parts of the armed forces, but does not include the inflow of personnel returning from mobilisation. ^{(6 )}Outflow figures exclude those personnel who became mobilised. ^{(7 )}Due to ongoing data validation following the introduction of the new joint personnel administration (JPA) system, there is no TA flows information available since 1 March 2007.

The following tables show the inflow and outflow of the specified arms and service of the Regular Army by financial year since 1 April 1997.

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Officer and soldier intake^{( 1)} from civilian life to UK Regular Army^{( 2)} by specified arm service and financial year from 1997
	Financial year of intake
Arm service	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07^{( 3)}	2007-08
Royal Armoured Corp	630	840	750	740	730	780	600	290	610	630	⁽⁴⁾—
Royal Regiment of Artillery	1,100	1,440	1,400	1,090	1,030	970	1,040	660	790	890	⁽⁴⁾—
Corps of Royal Engineers	1,160	1,200	1,140	1,200	1,340	1,580	1,120	950	1,480	1,270	⁽⁴⁾—
Royal Corps of Signals	1,360	1,220	1,280	1,120	990	1,200	1,070	800	780	730	⁽⁴⁾—
Infantry	5,400	6,240	6,180	5,490	5,240	5,230	4,880	3,590	3,620	3,990	⁽⁴⁾—
Army Air Corps	90	260	230	180	180	180	360	260	240	180	⁽⁴⁾—
Royal Army Chaplain’s Department	10	10	20	10	10	10	⁽⁵⁾—	10	10	10	⁽⁴⁾—
The Royal Logistics Corps	2,460	2,730	2,290	1,930	2,140	2,890	2,430	2,270	2,190	1,900	⁽⁴⁾—
Royal Army Medical Corps	290	330	350	330	320	370	410	370	420	400	⁽⁴⁾—
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers	980	940	990	1,090	1,310	1,540	1,460	1,100	1,290	1,250	⁽⁴⁾—
Adjutant General’s Corps	860	760	620	450	490	710	670	410	280	320	⁽⁴⁾—
Royal Army Veterinary Corps	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	30	20	50	⁽⁴⁾—
Small Arms School Corps	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
Royal Army Dental Corps	40	40	40	50	50	40	20	20	30	50	⁽⁴⁾—
Intelligence Corps	100	140	120	160	130	100	110	110	160	170	⁽⁴⁾—
Army Physical Training Corps	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁵⁾—	⁽⁴⁾—
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps	80	110	110	100	80	140	90	80	70	50	⁽⁴⁾—
Total intake⁽⁶⁾	15,480	17,090	16,590	14,820	14,930	16,690	15,260	11,720	12,730	⁽⁷⁾14,300	⁽⁷⁾14,520
^{(1 )}Figures show all intake to UK Regular Army including re-enlistments and rejoined reservists. ^{(2 )}UK Regular Army excludes full-time Reserve Service personnel, Ghurkhas, the Home Service Personnel of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. It includes trained and untrained personnel. ^{(3 )}2006-07 Arm Service split contains 11 months data due to the implementation of the JPA system. ^{(4 )}Denotes unavailable. ^{(5 )}Denotes zero or rounded to zero. ^{(6 )}The total intake figures contain all Arm Services, which includes the Household Cavalry Regiment, Corps of Army Music, the Long Service List and personnel with no Arm Service recorded on their Record of Service. Due to the implementation of the JPA system the Arm Service split is not yet available for financial year 2007-08. Excludes transfers into and out of Arm Service. ^{(7 )}Denotes provisional. Notes: 1. Due to the ongoing validation of data from the new Personnel Administration System, Army statistics from 1 April 2007 are provisional and subject to review. 2. The data have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 'five' have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.

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