Anne Main:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Army Boards of Inquiry have been convened since 1997; and how many of these have been reconvened. [224793]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth:
This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Army: Labour Turnover
Dr. Fox:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) inflow, (b) outflow and (c) voluntary outflow figures for the Army rates were in each year since 2003, broken down by corps. [226982]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth:
The following tables show the available information on inflow, outflow and voluntary outflow for the Arms and Service of the Regular Army Soldiers by financial year since 1 April 2003.
Due to ongoing validation of data following the implementation of the new joint personnel administration (JPA) system, flow information for 2007-08 is only available at the whole Army level and is not yet available analysed by Arm/Service. To provide this information at the present time would incur disproportionate cost.
Work on the analysis of intake and outflows is currently ongoing and once available, this information will be sent to the hon. Member and a copy placed in the Library of the House.
Table 1: Soldier intake( 1) from civilian life to UK Regular Army( 2) by Arm Service and financial year from 2003
Financial year
Arm Service
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07( 3) °
2007-08
Household Cavalry Regiment
140
110
80
150
n/a
Royal Armoured Corps
600
290
610
630
n/a
Royal Regiment of Artillery
1,020
650
780
890
n/a
Corps of Royal Engineers
1,110
940
1,480
1,260
n/a
Royal Corps of Signals
1,060
800
780
720
n/a
Infantry
4,850
3,570
3,610
3,980
n/a
Army Air Corps
350
250
230
180
n/a
The Royal Logistics Corps
2,420
2,270
2,180
1,890
n/a
Royal Army Medical Corps
340
300
340
340
n/a
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1,460
1,100
1,280
1,240
n/a
Adjutant-General’s Corps
660
400
250
300
n/a
Royal Army Veterinary Corps
20
20
10
40
n/a
Small Arms School Corps
0
0
0
0
n/a
Royal Army Dental Corps
20
20
20
30
n/a
Intelligence Corps
110
110
160
170
n/a
Army Physical Training Corps
0
0
0
0
n/a
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps
90
70
60
40
n/a
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Corps of Army Music
60
50
30
30
n/a
Total(4)
14,310
10,940
11,910
11,890
(5)13,460
n/a = Not available. (1) Figures show Soldier intake to UK Regular Army including re-enlistments, rejoined reservists but excluding transfers between Arms and Services. (2) UK Regular Army excludes full-time Reserve Service personnel, Gurkhas, 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 only 11 months’ data due to the implementation of the JPA system in March 2007. (4) Due to the implementation of the JPA system, the Arm Service split is not yet available for financial year 2007-08. (5) Provisional. Notes:
1. Due to the ongoing validation of data from the JPA System, Army statistics from 1 April 2007 onwards are provisional and subject to review.
2. The data have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in ‘5’ have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.
Table 2: Soldier outflow( 1) to civilian life from the Regular Army( 2) by Arm Service and financial year from 2003
Financial year
Arm Service
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07( 3) °
2007-08
Household Cavalry Regiment
160
140
110
120
n/a
Royal Armoured Corps
730
660
700
660
n/a
Royal Regiment of Artillery
1,140
1,100
960
1,120
n/a
Corps of Royal Engineers
1,230
1,350
1,330
1,180
n/a
Royal Corps of Signals
960
1,010
970
900
n/a
Infantry
4,710
4,600
4,290
4,240
n/a
Army Air Corps
170
240
210
200
n/a
The Royal Logistics Corps
2,260
2,280
2,070
2,230
n/a
Royal Army Medical Corps
230
290
270
250
n/a
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1,110
1,260
1,220
1,090
n/a
Adjutant-General’s Corps
710
690
670
630
n/a
Royal Army Veterinary Corps
20
20
30
20
n/a
Small Arms School Corps
10
0
10
0
n/a
Royal Army Dental Corps
20
40
30
30
n/a
Intelligence Corps
50
80
90
120
n/a
Army Physical Training Corps
20
30
20
30
n/a
Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps
60
70
70
60
n/a
Corps of Army Music
60
100
80
70
n/a
Total(4)
13,640
13,970
13,120
12,960
(5)13,830
n/a = Not available. (1) Figures show Soldier outflow to UK Regular Army including recalled reservists on release and outflow to the Home Service Personnel of the Royal Irish Regiment. (2) UK Regular Army excludes full-time Reserve Service personnel, Gurkhas, 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 only 11 months’ data due to the implementation of the JPA system in March 2007. (4) Due to the implementation of the JPA system, the Arm Service split is not yet available for financial year 2007-08. (5) Provisional. Notes:
1. Due to the ongoing validation of data from the JPA System, Army statistics from 1 April 2007 onwards are provisional and subject to review.
2. The data have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in ‘5’ have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.
