Trained Personnel

Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many trained personnel have gone absent without leave in each of the services in each of the last five years. [115098]

Mr. Caplin
The information available is shown in the following tables. Data are captured using different methods for each of the three services, therefore the figures are not directly comparable on a Tri-Service basis. Figures are based only on trained personnel. --------------------------
|1 January to 31 December|
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|1998                    |
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|1999                    |
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|2000                    |
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|2001                    |
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|2002                    |
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|Financial Year|
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|1998–99       |
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|1999–2000     |
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|2000–01       |
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|2001–02       |
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|2002–03       |
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|Financial Year|
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|1998–99       |
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|1999–2000     |
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|2000–01       |
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|2001–02       |
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|2002–03       |
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