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Firefighters

Volume 454: debated on Thursday 14 December 2006

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many senior aircraftsmen firefighters have left the Royal Air Force in each year since 1997; (104923)

(2) how many senior aircraftsmen firefighters have applied for early release from the terms of their employment with the Royal Air Force.

The total number of senior aircraftsman (SAC) firefighters who left the RAF in each financial year since 1997-98 is shown in the following table. This includes those leaving on time expiry, voluntary outflow and other wastage.

SAC firefighter outflows

1997-98

90

1998-99

100

1999-2000

30

2000-01

70

2001-02

40

2002-03

60

2003-04

30

2004-05

40

2005-06

60

2006-07 to end September

130

1 Denotes provisional. Due to the introduction of a new Personnel Administration System for RAF, all RAF data from 1 May 2006 are provisional and subject to review

Notes

Data have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.

The number of senior aircraftsman fire-fighters who have applied for voluntary outflow in each financial year since 1997-98 is shown in the following table.

Voluntary outflow applications

1997-98

40

1998-99

30

1999-2000

40

2000-01

40

2001-02

70

2002-03

40

2003-04

40

2004-05

50

2005-06

50

Notes

1. Data have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias.

2. Due to the roll out of the new Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) system to the RAF in March 2006, voluntary applications data for 2006-07 to date are not currently available.