Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment is of the HQ Royal Air Force by rank and responsibility.
Mike Penning, Minister of State for the Armed Forces: The information requested, as at 30 January 2017, is contained in the attached table.
This data includes all permanent RAF Regular and Reserve Service (excluding Part Time Volunteer Reserve) positions at Headquarters Air Command but does not include any lodger units that do not fall within the Headquarters Air Command structure but may be located within the Air Command Headquarters.