(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.