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Defence Medical Services: Manpower

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the (a) required and (b) actual complement is of each medical personnel type in each branch of the armed forces of the Defence Medical Services; (182331)

(2) what the (a) required and (b) current strength of Defence Medical Services is, broken down by (i) service and (ii) trade.

Manning data are as of October 2007 as this is the most accurate available.

The following table summarises the required manning level of the Defence Medical Services of the Armed Forces, including the requirement for a manning and training margin (MTM) and the actual number of personnel, including those in training.

Requirement

MTM1

Personnel -trained strength

Personnel in training2

Personnel total

Royal Navy

1311

218

1378

271

1649

Army

4516

287

3783

561

4344

Royal Air Force

1748

171

1574

63

1637

Tri-service

7575

676

6735

895

7630

1 The Manning and Training Margin (MTM) relates to personnel who are undertaking career directed professional training and those who are non-effective, for example while on terminal leave or long-term sick leave.

2 Personnel in training does not include personnel who are already trained in a medical speciality and who are in career directed professional training.

Source:

Manning Return, October 2007

Tables which provide the figures for each medical speciality and show the requirement and the number of trained personnel (but not personnel in training) in each medical and dental personnel division of the armed forces as at October 2007, have been placed in the Library of the House.