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Royal Air Force
Shortfall

Liability Number Percentage Inflow Outflow VO (percentage)

Operational Pinch Point Trades

Flying Branch (Career Stream)(Senior Officer)

677

101

15

100

70

20

Pilot (Junior Officer)

1,490

202

14

160

150

40

Operations Support (Intelligence)

229

5

2

10

20

10

Operations Support (Regiment)

275

40

14

30

20

10

Operations Support (Flight Operations)

224

5

2

20

Medical

282

69

24

10

Medical Nursing Officer

179

51

28

10

20

10

Weapons System Operator (Crewman)

577

74

13

70

30

10

Weapons System Operator (Linguist)

63

13

21

10

10

Mechanical Transport Technician

355

13

4

30

20

Gunner

1,924

222

11

330

190

110

Fire Fighter

545

27

5

110

60

20

Air Traffic Control/Flight Operations Manager/Flight Operations Assistant

1,246

18

1

110

80

40

Logistics (Mover)

895

46

5

50

70

50

Manning Pinch Point Trades

Weapons System Officer (Junior Officer)

513

74

14

10

30

10

Operations Support (Aerospace Battle Manager)

342

49

14

10

20

10

Operations Support (Air Traffic Control)

397

26

6

20

30

10

Personnel (Support)

521

27

5

50

40

20

Personnel (Training)

219

21

10

10

20

10

Dental

71

14

20

10

Chaplains

78

15

19

10

Aircraft Technician (Mechanical)

4,965

666

13

10

290

200

Aircraft Technician (Avionics)

3,942

505

13

10

260

180

General Technician (Electrical)

551

60

11

20

70

40

General Technician (Mechanical)

963

527

75

20

30

20

Intelligence (Analyst)

679

89

13

40

30

20

Survival Equipment Fitter

607

45

7

30

80

40

Biomedical Scientist

15

6

40

0

Dental Nurse

131

9

7

20

10

10

Musician

175

23

13

10

10


Armed Forces: Languages

Mr. Hoyle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces are learning the German language with support from his Department. [272935]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: In financial year 2008-09, 51 members of the armed forces were being taught German. In financial year 2009-10, 30 members are projected to be receiving this training and in 2010-11 this number is expected to be 52.

Armed Forces: Pay

Sir Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) golden hello, (b) commitment bonus, (c) recruit an oppo bounty and (d) retention financial packages are available to members of the armed forces. [273583]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: There is a wide range of recruitment and retention incentives available to members of the armed forces and these include golden hellos, commitment bonuses, recruit bounty schemes and targeted recruitment and retention incentives. Each incentive is tailored to meet specific service requirements.

Sir Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much Army rejoin bounty has been paid in respect of each (a) unit and (b) trade in each year since its inception. [273586]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The Army Rejoin Bounty was introduced in November 2002 to offer a partial solution to critical manning shortfalls in certain Career Employment Groups. The scheme was then expanded in November 2003 as part of the wider Pinch Point Financial Incentive Scheme. It has been agreed to further expand the scheme under the Exceptional Action Measures to increase the amounts payable and widen the eligibility of those who qualify.

The extensions to the range, value and eligibility of these bounty payments, as well as data coding problems in the Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) tool, have resulted in both the historic and current information not being held in the format requested and it could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Armed Forces: Recruitment

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many residents of (a) Northern Ireland and (b) the Republic of Ireland enrolled in the UK armed forces in the last six months. [272894]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: It is not possible to answer the question as asked without incurring disproportionate cost. Between 1 October 2008 and 31 March 2009, the Armed Forces Career Office in Belfast recruited five officers and 100 other ranks. However these figures could include non-residents, and Northern Ireland or Republic of Ireland residents could well have enlisted elsewhere in the UK. In addition some specialists, such as medical personnel and chaplains, are recruited through other establishments.

Mr. Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) men and (b) women were recruited into the armed forces in 2007-08. [273312]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The intake to the untrained strength of UK Regular Forces, excluding Gurkhas, full time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists, in financial year 2007-08 by gender is provided as follows.

Statistics on personnel recruited into the UK Regular Armed Forces by gender in 2007-08 is available from the UK Defence Statistics (UKDS) 2008 Publication table 2.21, “Intake to untrained strength of UK Regular Forces by Service and sex”, which can be found at the following link:


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