Royal Navy: Redundancy
Defence
David Hamilton (Midlothian, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of each rank in the Royal Navy have (a) been made redundant compulsorily and (b) taken voluntary redundancy in the last period for which figures are available.
Andrew Robathan (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Defence Personnel, Welfare and Veterans), Defence; South Leicestershire, Conservative)
990 Royal Navy personnel have been made compulsorily redundant. This comprises 670 applicants and 320 non-applicants. Applicants are due to leave the service by
| Royal Navy Rank | Applicant | Non Applicant | Total |
| Commander | 20 | — | 20 |
| Lieutenant Commander | 20 | 10 | 30 |
| Lieutenant | 20 | 10 | 30 |
| Warrant Officer | 10 | — | 10 |
| Chief Petty Officer | 140 | — | 140 |
| Petty Officer | 90 | 10 | 100 |
| Leading Hand | 30 | 20 | 50 |
| Able Seaman 2/1 | 340 | 270 | 610 |
| Total | 670 | 320 | 990 |
These figures do not include Royal Marines.