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The following tables show the numbers of UK Regular Service Personnel who are recorded as having a different PStat Cat at the end of the reporting period compared to the start. Any changes between these dates that involve a change from one PSat Cat to another and then reversion back to the former, for example PCat Stat 1 to 3 and then back to 1, is not included.


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Period: 1 October 2008 to 30 September 2009
Male Female Total

Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage

Royal Navy

1,540

4.9

230

7.4

1,770

5.0

Army

6,400

6.9

900

12.0

7,300

7.3

Royal Air Force

2,180

6.3

560

10.6

2,740

6.9


Period: 1 October 2007 to 30 September 2008
Male Female Total

Number Percentage Number Percentage Number Percentage

Royal Navy

1,300

4.1

210

6.3

1,500

4.3

Army

5,450

6.0

750

10.2

6,200

6.3

Royal Air Force

1,700

4.9

400

7.6

2,100

5.2


Prior to the introduction of JPA, Personal Status (Marital) Category was not recorded in the same way. Data relating to the marital status, and changes to that status, of service personnel prior to the phased implementation were stored on legacy systems. This information would require a manual search of records and therefore could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Armed Forces: Allergies

Mr. Lancaster: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces with nut allergies (a) are serving on operations and (b) have served on operations in the last five years. [303861]

Mr. Kevan Jones: I refer the hon. Member to the written answers I gave to him on 26 November 2009, Official Report, columns 288W-89W.

Where the responsible Medical Officer determines that a member of the armed forces suffers from a nut allergy with a significant risk of anaphylaxis, the member will not be deployed. The total number of individuals with declared nut allergies in the armed forces, presently and historically, whether deployed or otherwise, is not held centrally. It could only be obtained by examining the medical records of all personnel, which could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Armed Forces: Casualties

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military personnel (a) received serious injuries and (b) had limbs amputated in each of the last five years. [303815]

Mr. Kevan Jones: The MOD is committed to publishing casualty statistics on the number of service personnel wounded on operations. Information on serious casualties sustained since January 2003 (Iraq) and January 2001 (Afghanistan) is available on the MOD website via the following link:

These statistics are updated fortnightly online.

For amputee numbers, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 November 2009 , Official Report, column 7MC, to the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink).

Armed Forces: Theft

Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what sentences were given to servicemen found guilty of theft of armed forces equipment in each of the last 10 years; [301593]

(2) how many members of the armed forces were convicted of stealing Ministry of Defence equipment in each of the last five years; and what sentences have been handed down in respect of such convictions in each year. [302360]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer s 24 and 30 November 2009]: Information from the three services' and Ministry of Defence police's databases for thefts of Ministry of Defence equipment is provided in the following list. Each line reflects one offence and its corresponding punishment.

The information provided pertains solely to thefts of MOD equipment and does not include those cases where the item stolen was not identified.

Information in the years before 2004 is not comprehensive as records relating to the RAF personnel could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

1999: 15 guilty/proven verdicts

2000: 11 guilty charges


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2001: 17 guilty charges

2002: 15 guilty/proven verdicts

2003: 22 guilty/proven verdicts


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2004: 13 guilty/proven verdicts

2005: 15 guilty/proven verdicts


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