Royal Naval College

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many graduates there were from Britannia Royal Naval College in each of the last 10 years; and how many of them are still employed within the Navy. (319242)

The number of Royal Navy personnel to pass out of Britannia Royal Navy College (BRNC) in each of the last 10 years is as follows:

*Britannia Royal Navy College*
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Royal Navy₁	478	446	418	372	330	320	320	325	248	314
Royal Fleet Auxiliary	0	0	20	0	25	0	32	21	8	33
Foreign Nationals	55	37	41	48	65	41	40	63	60	77
¹ These figures include Royal Navy Reserve personnel.

Information on how many of these graduates are still employed within the Royal Navy is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Volume 506: debated on Tuesday 2 March 2010