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Navy: Reserve Forces

Volume 461: debated on Tuesday 19 June 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the Royal Navy Reserves has been deployed in the last five years. (140238)

[holding answer 14 June 2007]: Some 26 per cent. of the Trained Strength of the Royal Navy Reserves (RNR) has seen mobilised deployed service in the last five years.

This figure refers to RNR only and does not include any Royal Marines Reserve.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the strength is of (a) officers and (b) ratings of the Royal Navy Reserve, broken down by branch. (140239)

[holding answer 14 June 2007]: The Royal Navy Reserve (RNR) Officers Total strength (including Untrained strength (UTS)) is 935. The Branch breakdown is as follows:

Branch/Specialisation

Total

Maritime Operations

Logistics

47

Submariner

54

Command Support (Officers)

100

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)

13

Information Ops

38

Operational Intelligence

40

Computers and Information Systems

17

Amphibious Warfare

80

Mine Warfare

70

Mine Warfare and Clearance Divers

5

Media Operations

64

Medical

Medical Officers

48

Medical Support Officers

0

QARNNS (Queen Alexandra Royal Naval Nursing Service) Officers

22

Air

170

Defence Intelligence

39

Human Intelligence

28

Chaplains

2

Junior Officers

95

General Appointments

3

Total

935

The RNR Ratings total strength (including UTS) is 1,273. The Branch breakdown is as follows.

Branch/Specialisation

Total

Maritime Operations

Logistics

147

Command Support

132

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)

1

Communications (Submarine)

48

Communications Technician

3

Computers and Information Systems

96

General Service Seaman Rating

448

Clearance Divers

9

Operational Communications

0

Medical

Naval Nurse

18

Medical Support Assistant

13

Air

182

Human Intelligence

1

Initial Training

175

Total

1,273

These figures refer to RNR only and do not include any Royal Marines Reserve.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) establishment and (b) strength is of the Royal Navy Reserve, broken down by (i) trained strength, (ii) untrained strength and (iii) University Royal Navy units. (140241)

[holding answer 14 June 2007]: The Royal Navy Reserve (RNR) Establishment total, including the Establishment Trained Requirement (1,720) and the Establishment Untrained Requirement (474) is 2,194

The RNR current strengths, as of April 2007, is 2,208 with 1,736 trained and 476 untrained.

The University Royal Navy units currently consist of 14 Units, 14 Ships and 714 personnel.

These figures refer to RNR only and do not include any Royal Marines Reserve personnel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy reservists were deployed in each year since 2000-01, broken down by location. (140242)

[holding answer 14 June 2007]: The number of Royal Navy reservists deployed in each year since 2000-01, broken down by location, is as follows:

Location

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Total

Iraq

320

125

9

3

30

11

498

Afghanistan

26

5

31

Bosnia

1

1

2

North East Africa

2

1

1

Balkans

1

1

Other

3

6

1

10

Total

320

125

14

10

58

18

545

The figures are for trained strength and not total, and do not include Royal Marines Reserve or those on full-time reserve service.