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Mr. Hancock
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many officers and men have sought early retirement from the submarine service and from the Royal Navy as a whole for each of the last five years expressed also as percentage of the total number of serving men.
Mr. Freeman
The number applying for earl retirement in the last five years are as follows:
| Submariners | ||||
| Officers | Ratings | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| 1982 | 8 | 1·3 | 143 | 2·2 |
| 1983 | 13 | 2·0 | 163 | 2·5 |
| 1984 | 20 | 2·9 | 280 | 4·3 |
| 1985 | 30 | 4·5 | 290 | 4·4 |
| 1986 | 22 | 3·3 | 303 | 4·6 |
| Total Royal Navy | ||||
| Officers | Ratings | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| 1982 | 183 | 2·1 | 1,669 | 3·5 |
| 1983 | 181 | 2·1 | 2,340 | 4·9 |
| 1984 | 206 | 2·5 | 2,955 | 6·3 |
| 1985 | 212 | 2·5 | 2,982 | 6·5 |
| 1986 | 227 | 2·7 | 2,566 | 5·9 |
Mr. Hancock
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what change there has been in the number of officers an men requesting transfer from the submarine service t other naval duties in the last five years.
Mr. Freeman
Requests by officers to transfer to nonsubmarine duties are rare and figures are not recorded. The numbers of ratings who requested transfer to nonsubmarine duties are as follows:
| Numbers | |
| 1 1981 | 97 |
| 1983 | 117 |
| 1984 | 104 |
| 1985 | 88 |
| 1986 | 186 |
| 1 The figure for 1982 is not available. | |