Armed Forces: Deployment
(asked on 1st February 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel in the (a) infantry, (b) Royal Artillery, (c) Royal Corps of Signals, (d) Army Medical Services, (e) Adjutant General's Corps, (f) Royal Armoured Corps, (g) Army Air Corps, (h) Royal Engineers, (i) Royal Logistics Corps, (j) Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and (k) Intelligence Corps, (l) Royal Navy and (m) RAF have breached harmony guideline targets in each of the last 12 months.
The Ministry of Defence publishes quarterly statistics on Separated Service (the proportion of personnel breaching harmony guidelines). The harmony guidelines are measured over a 36 month period and the limits are 660 days away for the Royal Navy/Royal Marines; 498 days for the Army; and 468 days away for the RAF. Data is available from 1 April 2014, before which date each Service had separate harmony rules.
Top level statistics on Separated Service, by Service, from 1 April 2014 to 1 October 2016, can be found at Excel Table 10 of the UK Armed Forces Monthly Service Personnel Statistics which can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-monthly-service-personnel-statistics-2016
The following table provides a breakdown of Separated Service data by Arm/Corps of the Army:
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Arm / Corps | 1 April 2014 | 1 April 2015 | 1 April 2016 | |||
| No. of Personnel | Breach Rate | No. of Personnel | Breach Rate | No. of Personnel | Breach Rate |
Infantry | 950 | 4.4% | 730 | 3.6% | 690 | 3.5% |
Royal Artillery | 290 | 4.5% | 140 | 2.2% | 70 | 1.2% |
Royal Corps of Signals | 220 | 3.3% | 200 | 3.2% | 140 | 2.3% |
Army Medical Services | 100 | 2.1% | 80 | 1.8% | 60 | 1.4% |
Adjutant General's Corps | 70 | 1.3% | 60 | 1.2% | 40 | 0.8% |
Royal Armoured Corps | 350 | 7.3% | 220 | 4.7% | 120 | 2.6% |
Army Air Corps | 40 | 2.3% | 30 | 1.7% | 10 | 0.95 |
Royal Engineers | 470 | 5.8% | 350 | 4.5% | 340 | 4.5% |
Royal Logistics Corps | 360 | 3.0% | 240 | 2.2% | 140 | 1.3% |
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 360 | 4.5% | 250 | 3.2% | 160 | 2.0% |
Intelligence Corps | 70 | 4.0% | 50 | 2.7% | 30 | 1.8% |