Air Traffic Control/Flight Operations Manager/Flight Operations Assistant
1,246
1,228
18
1
110
80
40
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Logistics (Mover)
895
849
46
5
50
70
50
Manning pinch point trades
Weapons System Officer (Junior Officer)
513
439
74
14
10
30
10
Operations Support (Aerospace Battle Manager)
342
293
49
14
10
20
10
Operations Support (Air Traffic Control)
397
371
26
6
20
30
10
Personnel (Support)
521
494
27
5
50
40
20
Personnel (Training)
219
198
21
10
10
20
10
Dental
71
57
14
20
—
10
—
Chaplains
78
63
15
19
—
10
—
Aircraft Technician (Mechanical)
4,965
4,299
666
13
10
290
200
Aircraft Technician (Avionics)
3,942
3,437
505
13
10
260
180
General Technician (Electrical)
551
491
60
11
20
70
40
General Technician (Mechanical)
963
436
527
75
20
30
20
Intelligence (Analyst)
679
590
89
13
40
30
20
Survival Equipment Fitter
607
562
45
7
30
80
40
Biomedical Scientist
15
9
6
40
0
—
—
Dental Nurse
131
122
9
7
20
10
10
Musician
175
152
23
13
10
10
—
Notes
1. Inflow equals all inflow, trained or untrained, to pinch point trades during the 12-month period 1 November 2007 to 30 November 2008. When the pinch point applies to a specific rank (Senior Officer/Junior Officer) promotions and demotions have been included.
2. Outflow equals all trained outflow from pinch point trades during the 12-month period 1 November 2007 to 30 November 2008. When the pinch point applies to a specific rank (Senior Officer/Junior Officer) promotions and demotions have been included.
3. WSO includes Navigators, Crewman, Electronic Warfare/Acoustic, Linguist and Air Eng.
4. Due to the small populations generated by this level of detail, and the possibility of identifying individual personnel, data have been rounded to 10 and 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. “0” represents zero occurrences and “—” shows rounded to zero.
5. Due to the introduction of the new pay administration system these data are provisional and subject to review.
Armed Forces: Parades
Bob Russell:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will bring forward proposals to increase the number of military tattoos held each year; and if he will make a statement. [254927]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth:
Military tattoos take place in a number of towns and cities across the UK and are generally organised on a commercial basis, although most are set up and run for charitable purposes.
The major tattoos that the services plan to support this year (as in previous years) include the Edinburgh Military Tattoo and the Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo and the Royal International Air Tattoo (held at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire). Units from the army supported the first Windsor Castle Royal Tattoo last year and it is planned to widen participation this year to include elements from the RN and RAF as well. Other tattoos, such as Birmingham, Aldershot and Durham, have also been supported by military assets in recent years and it is understood that the City of Cardiff are seeking to introduce a Cardiff tattoo in the coming years.
