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Mr. Jenkin
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Sea Harriers are in storage; and what plans he has for the disposal of Sea Harriers. [120873]
Mr. Ingram
There are currently no Sea Harrier aircraft in storage. Aircraft being withdrawn from service are being used for spares recovery before being disposed of through the Disposal Services Agency. In
| RAMC—Medical officer posts | |||||||||
| Figures as at 1 March 2003 | |||||||||
| Ind Hosp | Fd Amb | Med Sqns | Specialists | ||||||
| Ser | Status/Profession | Est | Strength | Est | Strength | Est | Strength | Est | Strength |
| 1 | Medical Officer | 140 | 136 | 42 | 38 | 29 | 24 | 33 | 23 |
| 2 | Anaes and Resus Cons | 80 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 14 |
| 3 | Anaes and Resus (Neuro) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | A&E Cons | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
| 5 | Surgical Cons | 20 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 9 |
| 6 | Orthopaedic Surgeon | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 7 | Burns and Plastics Cons | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | Neurosurgery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | Surgeon Urology | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Obs & Gynae | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 11 | Otorhinolaringology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 12 | Medicine Cons | 100 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | Opthalmologist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | Neurologist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | GU Med Cons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Cardiologist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | Dermatologist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Gastroenterologist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Infectious Diseases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Respiratory Medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Renal Medicine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Public Health | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | Paediatrics | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Rheum & Rehabilitation | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Psychiatric Cons | 20 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| 26 | Radiology Cons | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | Path Cons (Clin Chem) | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Path Cons (Haem) | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Path Cons (Micro—Bio) | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 30 | Path Cons (Histiopath) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Med Offr NYQ | 0 | 93 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Total | 480 | 339 | 46 | 42 | 41 | 33 | 203 | 71 |
| 33 | Percentage Manned | 71 | 91 | 80 | 35 | ||||
| Amb Regt | Med Gp | Total | |||||
| Est | Strength | Est | Strength | Est | Strength | ||
| 1 | Medical Officer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 245 | 222 |
| 2 | Anaes and Resus Cons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 | 48 |
| 3 | Anaes and Resus (Neuro) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | A&E Cons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 10 |
| 5 | Surgical Cons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 23 |
| 6 | Orthopaedic Surgeon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 13 |
| 7 | Burns and Plastics Cons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| 8 | Neurosurgery | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 9 | Surgeon Urology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 10 | Obs & Gynae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 11 | Otorhinolaringology | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
the future some of the aircraft may be retained for ground-instructional use while others may be used as gate guardians at Service bases or offered to museums.