Royal Fleet Auxiliary
(asked on 6th July 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) women and (b) men employed as (i) merchant navy (A) officers and (B) ratings or (ii) merchant seafarers by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each of the last 10 years.
The number of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Personnel as of 1 April for each of the last 10 years by Officer/Ratings and Male/Female is as follows:
RFA Officers | ||||||||||
Year | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Male | 880 | 820 | 770 | 750 | 730 | 620 | 600 | 570 | 630 | 680 |
Female | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 50 | 50 |
Total | 920 | 850 | 810 | 790 | 770 | 660 | 640 | 610 | 680 | 740 |
RFA Ratings | ||||||||||
Year | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Male | 1,360 | 1,330 | 1,390 | 1,430 | 1,470 | 1,240 | 1,180 | 1,130 | 1,140 | 1,140 |
Female | 70 | 70 | 80 | 80 | 90 | 80 | 80 | 80 | 70 | 80 |
Total | 1,430 | 1,390 | 1,470 | 1,510 | 1,560 | 1,320 | 1,250 | 1,210 | 1,220 | 1,220 |
All figures are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy. Due to rounding the total is not always the sum of the rounded parts.
These totals may also differ slightly from the total RFA personnel given in the answer of 14 June 2016 to question 39903 for years prior to 2013, as the gender and rank breakdowns are taken from a different source.
The Ministry of Defence does not hold information on those employed in the merchant navy.
In compiling the answer to this question an error has been identified in the answer to question 39903 given on 14 June 2016.
The number of RFA employees on 1 April for each of the years 2008 to 2016 should have been as follows:
Total RFA Personnel | |||||||||
Year | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Total | 2,270 | 2,300 | 2,330 | 2,360 | 2,000 | 1,900 | 1,820 | 1,890 | 1,950 |
The original figures given were extracted from the RFA’s live Human Resources system. These can differ from the Official Statistics published in the Ministry of Defence Quarterly Civilian Personnel Statistics Report:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-report-2016