Air Force: Officers

(asked on 9th October 2015) - View Source
Questioner
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Steven Paterson
(Scottish National Party - Stirling)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior RAF officers of the rank of (a) Air Commodore, (b) Air Vice Marshall, (c) Air Marshall and (d) Air Chief Marshall are based in (i) Scotland, (ii) Wales, (iii) Northern Ireland, (iv) England and (v) other locations.

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Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton Portrait
Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
This question was answered on 19th October 2015

The tables below show, by Service and Rank, the number of regular senior Armed Forces personnel and their stationed location across United Kingdom countries or other locations, as of 1 July 2015.


Royal Navy


Rank

Country

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Other Location

Admiral

1

-

-

-

-

Vice Admiral

6

-

-

-

1

Rear Admiral

25

-

2*

-

1

Commodore

60

-

2

-

8


*There is only one Rear Admiral based in Scotland, two were recorded as of 1 July 2015 due to handover of duties.

Royal Marines


Rank

Country

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Other Location

Lieutenant General

2

-

-

-

1

Major General

2

-

-

-

-

Brigadier

12

-

-

-

1


Army


Rank

Country

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Other Location

General

3

-

-

-

1

Lieutenant General


10


-


-


-


1

Major General

36

-

2

-

6

Brigadier

117

1

2

1

32


Royal AIR FORCE


Rank

Country

England

Wales

Scotland

Northern Ireland

Other Location

Air Chief Marshal

2

-

-

-

-

Air Marshal

7

-

-

-

3

Air Vice Marshal


20


-


-


-


3

Air Commodore

63

-

-

-

8


This information is updated quarterly and the next location report is due to be published on 26 November 2015. The current report can be accessed at the following link:


www.gov.uk/government/collections/location-of-all-uk-regular-service-and-civilian-personnel-quarterly-statistics



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