Armed Forces: Intelligence Services
(asked on 10th February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) intelligence officers and (b) intelligence analysts served in each branch of the armed forces in each of the last six years.
Details of the number of intelligence officers and analysts by Service as at 1 January during the last six years are set out below:
| Intelligence Officers | Intelligence Analysts | ||||||||
| All Services Total | Royal Navy/ Royal Marines | Army | Royal Air Force | All Services Total | Royal Navy/ Royal Marines | Army | Royal Air Force | ||
2011 | .. | .. | 330 | 280 | .. | .. | 1,230 | 850 | ||
2012 | 720 | 110 | 320 | 280 | .. | .. | 1,310 | 890 | ||
2013 | 720 | 110 | 320 | 280 | .. | .. | 1,420 | 920 | ||
2014 | 700 | 120 | 320 | 260 | .. | .. | 1,410 | 910 | ||
2015 | 690 | 120 | 320 | 250 | .. | .. | 1,400 | 880 | ||
2016 | 710 | 130 | 330 | 260 | .. | .. | 1,400 | 820 | ||
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1 | The Royal Navy does not have a specific marker for those who engage in intelligence analysis in their role, and therefore cannot provide a figure on this amount. | |||||||||
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2 | The Intelligence Officer Specialisation did not exist until February 2011 within the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy/Royal Marines and All Services total have therefore been marked as not available. | |||||||||
3 | For Royal Navy/Royal Marines, Intelligence Officer does not fully encompass everyone who engages in intelligence work, as not all have an identifiable marker. | |||||||||
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4 | Figures for the Army exclude those on the Long Service List and Senior Soldier Continuity Posts, and Officers with a paid rank of Colonel or above. |
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5 | Army Other Ranks personnel have been grouped as Intelligence Analysts. |
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6 | The data provided is confined solely to trained full-time UK Regular Forces and excludes Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service and part-time reservist personnel. | |||||||||