NAVY
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the trained strength of the Royal Navy is by (a) officers and (b) non-commissioned ranks.
Mark Lancaster, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel and Veterans: The trained strength of the Royal Navy by officers and non-commissioned ranks as of 1 February 2016 is as follows.
|
|
Officers |
Ratings |
|
Royal Navy |
5,130 |
17,650 |
|
Royal Marines |
770 |
6,170 |
|
Total |
5,900 |
23,820 |
All totals are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy; therefore totals may not equal the sum of their parts. All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias.
These figures were published on 10 March 2016 in the Royal Navy and Royal Marine Situation Report at: www.gov.uk
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