NATO Rapid Reaction Corps Debate

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Department: Ministry of Defence
Friday 21st October 2011

(12 years, 7 months ago)

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Lord Soames of Fletching Portrait Nicholas Soames
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) number and (b) rank is of the UK personnel in HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps.

[Official Report, 18 July 2011, Vol. 531, c. 584W.]

Letter of correction from Nick Harvey:

An error has been identified in the written answer given to the right hon. Member for Mid Sussex (Nicholas Soames) on 18 July 2011. The civilian figures provided in the table were incorrect.

The full answer given was as follows:

Nick Harvey Portrait Nick Harvey
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The number and rank/grade of UK military and civilian personnel in the HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps is shown in the following table:

Military rank

Number of personnel

Lieutenant General

1

Major General

1

Brigadier

5

Colonel

11

Lieutenant Colonel

23

Major/Lieutenant Commander

76

Captain

25

Warrant Officer Class 2

19

Warrant Officer Class 1

6

Staff Sergeant

11

Sergeant

18

Corporal

27

Lance Corporal

13

Civilian grades

C2

1

D

3

D (Military Support Function)

1

E1

9

E2

1

Industrial Skill Zone 2

1



The correct answer should have been:

Nick Harvey Portrait Nick Harvey
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The number and rank/grade of UK military and civilian personnel in the HQ Allied Rapid Reaction Corps is shown in the following table:

Military rank

Number of personnel

Lieutenant General

1

Major General

1

Brigadier

5

Colonel

11

Lieutenant Colonel

23

Major/Lieutenant Commander

76

Captain

25

Warrant Officer Class 2

19

Warrant Officer Class 1

6

Staff Sergeant

11

Sergeant

18

Corporal

27

Lance Corporal

13

Civilian grades

B1

1

B2

1

C1

1

C2

4

D

2

D (Military Support Function)

1

E1

6

E2

1

Industrial Skill Zone 2

1