Armed Forces: Officers

Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 19 December 2017.

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many officers from each of the three services in each rank between OF6 and OF10 are based in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

Photo of Tobias Ellwood Tobias Ellwood The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence

The information requested is presented below:

Officers Ranked OF-6 to OF-9 broken down by Location, Service and Rank as at 1 October 2017

RN/RM

Army

RAF

Total

England

100

160

100

370

OF-6

70

120

70

260

OF-7

20

30

20

80

OF-8

10

10

~

20

OF-9

~

~

~

10

Scotland

~

10

-

10

OF-6

~

~

-

10

OF-7

~

~

-

~

OF-8

-

-

-

-

OF-9

-

-

-

-

Wales

-

~

-

~

OF-6

-

~

-

~

OF-7

-

-

-

-

OF-8

-

-

-

-

OF-9

-

-

-

-

Northern Ireland

-

~

-

~

OF-6

-

~

-

~

OF-7

-

-

-

-

OF-8

-

-

-

-

OF-9

-

-

-

-

Total

110

170

100

380

Key

- Zero

~ Five or fewer

Notes

1. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias caused by rounding numbers upwards.

2. Totals and sub-totals are rounded separately and so may not equal the sums of their rounded parts.

3. Figures provided are for Regulars only and do not include Full Time Reserve Service.

4. There are no senior serving officers at OF10.

5. OF-6 = Commodore /Brigadier / Air commodore

OF-7 = Rear Admiral / Major General / Air Vice-Marshal

OF-8 = Vice Admiral / Lieutenant General / Air Marshal

OF -9 = Admiral / General / Air Chief Marshal

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