asked the Minister for Defence if he will supply the following information in respect of (1) the defence forces and (2) each of the three services, army, naval service and air corps: (a) the strength on 30 June 1977 and 30 September 1980 of (i) officers and (ii) men and (iii) the total; (b) the number of (i) officers (ii) men and (iii) the total recruited between those dates; (c) the number of (i) officers (ii) men and (iii) the total who left in that period; (d) the net totals, increase or decrease, and the percentage increase or decrease in that period; (e) the establishment strength on those dates; and the percentage which the strength represents of that establishment.
Written Answers . - Defence Forces Statistics .
365.
: The information requested is as follows:—
(a) Strengths—Permanent Defence Force.
|
30 June 1977 |
30 September 1980 |
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|
Officers |
Other ranks (including Cadets) |
Total |
Officers |
Other ranks (including Cadets) |
Total |
|
|
Army |
1,241 |
12,221 |
13,462 |
1,287 |
10,721 |
12,008 |
|
Naval Service |
59 |
565 |
624 |
81 |
616 |
697 |
|
Air Corps |
74 |
616 |
690 |
97 |
772 |
869 |
|
14,776 |
13,574 |
(b) Numbers recruited from 30 June 1977 to 30 September 1980.
|
Officers |
280 |
|
Other Ranks (including Cadets) |
6,513 |
|
Total |
6,793 |
(c) Numbers who left Permanent Defence Force for various reasons (discharge, died, transferred to Reserve etc.) from 30 June 1977 to 30 September 1980.
|
Officers |
189 |
|
Other Ranks (including Cadets) |
7,806 |
|
Total |
7,995 |
(d) Net decrease from 30 June 1977 to 30 September 1980 was 1,202 or 8.1%.
(e) Establishment/Strengths—Permanent Defence Force.
|
30 June 1977 |
30 September 1980 |
|
|
Establishment |
16,497 |
17,790 |
|
Strength |
14,776 |
13,574 |
|
Strength as a percentage of establishment |
89.6% |
76.3% |