Army: Officers
(asked on 8th January 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of Army (a) two star, (b) three star and (c) four star ranks who were privately educated.
Within the Army there are currently 62 Regular and Reserve Officers serving at two star, three star and four star ranks. Of these, where record of school attended is held centrally*, we can confirm that 30 were privately educated. A breakdown by rank is provided below:
Rank | Attended a Private School (rounded to the nearest 5 |
Major General (2 Star) | 15 |
Lieutenant General (3 Star) | 10 |
General (4 Star) | ~ |
* Records are held centrally for 50 of the 62 Generals.
- These figures are single Service estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.
- For presentational and data protection purposes the figures have been rounded.
- “~” fewer than five.