Navy: Deployment
(asked on 21st January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of Royal Navy personnel in each pinch point trade are exceeding their harmony guidelines.
Between 1 December 2011 and 30 November 2014, by operational pinch point trades, those in breach of harmony are as follows:
Number of | Over 660 | % breaching | |
Royal Navy personnel | 22,903 | 99 | 0.4 |
Operational Pinch Points | 4,112 | 42 | 1.0 |
Minewarfare. Rank: Petty Officer/Leading Hand. | 120 | <10 | 5.8 |
Hydrographer. Rank: Leading Hand. | 19 | <5 | 5.3 |
Tactical Weapon System. Rank: Chief Petty Officer/Petty Officer. | 175 | 0.0 | |
Medical Assistant. Rank: Leading Hand to Chief Petty Officer, Operating Department Practitioner. | 20 | 0.0 | |
Engineering Technician, Weapon Engineer. Rank: Petty Officer. | 215 | <5 | 0.5 |
Strategic Weapon System. Rank: Leading Rate to Warrant Officer 2. | 154 | 0.0 | |
Medical Assistant, Submariner 2. Rank: Senior Rate. | 30 | 0.0 | |
Sensors Submarine. Rank: Able Rate. | 113 | 0.0 | |
Coxswain, Rank: Chief Petty Officer. | 20 | 0.0 | |
Weapon Engineering, Submarines. Rank: Lieutenant. | 88 | 0.0 | |
Marine Engineering General Service - Rank: Petty Officer. | 324 | <10 | 1.5 |
Warfare Specialist (Underwater Warfare), Ranks: Able Rate, Leading Hand and Petty Officer. | 195 | <10 | 2.6 |
Weapons Engineer, General Service, Rank: Leading Engineering Technician. | 286 | <5 | 0.3 |
Marine Engineering General Service - Rank: Chief Petty Officer. | 323 | <5 | 0.9 |
Warfare Specialist, Abovewater Warfare Weapons and Abovewater Warfare Tactical. Rank: Leading Hand. | 259 | <5 | 0.8 |
Chefs - General Service. Rank: Able Rate/Leading Hand. | 431 | <5 | 0.9 |
Marine Engineering General Service. Rank: Leading Engineering Technician. | 490 | <10 | 1.0 |
Able Seaman (Specialist). | 361 | <10 | 2.2 |
Marine Engineering Artificer, Marine Engineering Mechanic and Engineering Technician. Ranks: Chief Petty Officer, Petty Officer, Warrant Officer 2 and Warrant Officer 1. | 489 | 0.0 | |
Non- Critical Royal Navy Personnel | 15,742 | 42 | 0.3 |
Source: Defence Statistics (Tri Service) and Defence Statistics (Navy) | |||
Notes: | |||
1) Operational Pinch Points defined at 1 December 2014 | |||
2) Non Critical refers to those parts of the RN not defined as Operational Pinch Points/Critical Manning Groups/Manning Pinch Points | |||
3) Numbers less than 5 have been rounded and shown as <5 ; 5 to 9 inclusive have been shown as <10 | |||