Ministry of Defence written question – answered on 27 November 2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Glasgow in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Liverpool in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Southampton in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Birmingham in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in London in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Bristol in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Manchester in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Sussex in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Cambridge in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Northumbria in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Oxford in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Wales in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Yorkshire in each year from 2008-2018.
Andrew Bowie
Conservative, West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the membership of the University Royal Naval Unit in Devon in each year from 2008-2018.
Tobias Ellwood
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
From the available data, the strength of the University Royal Navy Units as at April 2013 – 2018 is as follows:
Unit | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Glasgow | 40 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 50 |
Liverpool | 50 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 60 |
Southampton | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 80 | 70 |
Birmingham | 50 | 50 | 70 | 60 | 70 | 60 |
London | 60 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 50 |
Bristol | 60 | 60 | 70 | 70 | 60 | 60 |
Manchester | 60 | 50 | 60 | 80 | 50 | 60 |
Sussex | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
Cambridge | 50 | 50 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
Northumbria | 40 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 90 | 50 |
Oxford | 60 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 60 | 50 |
Wales | 60 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 60 |
Yorkshire | 50 | 50 | 60 | 60 | 80 | 60 |
Devon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 20 | 40 |
Source: Defence Statistics (Navy)
1. The sum of the units will not match the total strength of the University Royal Naval Units as published in Table 8b of the Service Personnel Statistics (SPS), 1 October 2018. Figures in the SPS also include Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme personnel, however they are not included in the above table as they have separate units.
2. Figures are not available prior to 1 April 2013.
3. N/A occurs as the Devon Unit was launched in 2017.
4. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, figures ending in '5' are rounded to the nearest 20 to avoid bias.
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