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Navy: Officers

Volume 458: debated on Tuesday 13 March 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Commanders, (b) Captains, (c) Commodores and (d) Rear Admirals are on the (i) active and (ii) reserve lists; and how many were on the lists in 1997. (126292)

The information requested is detailed as follows:

2007

1997

Rear Admiral

125

227

Commodore

58

3

Captain

221

307

Commander

831

910

1 15 are in RN/NATO posts. Others are Tri Service appointments in MOD

2 21 were in RN/NATO posts

3 Not a substantive rank. Officers in Commodore appointments are included in the figure for Captains

All senior officers have reserve liability on leaving the Service until the age of 60. This was applicable in 1997 and is the same in 2007.