Armed Forces: Numbers Of Personnel Under 18 Baroness Williams of Crosby asked Her Majesty's Government:How many members of (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Army were (i) 16 years of age and (ii) 17 years of age on 1 July; which units they are serving with; and what percentage of force numbers this represent in each service. [HL3761] The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Gilbert) At 1 June 1999, the latest date for which information is available centrally on all three services: 151 naval service personnel, Royal Navy and Royal Marines, were 16 years of age and 841 were 17 years of age, 0.3 per cent. and 1.9 per cent. of the total strength respectively; 959 Army personnel were 16 years of age and 4,032 were 17 years of age, 0.9 per cent. and 3.7 per cent. of the total strength respectively; 45 RAF personnel were 16 years of age and 393 were 17 years of age, 0.1 per cent. and 0.7 per cent. of the total strength respectively.The list of units they are serving with is provided in the tables below.--------------------- |Unit | --------------------- |Royal Naval Ratings| --------------------- |HMS Argyll | --------------------- |HMS Birmingham | --------------------- |HMS Boxer | --------------------- |HMS Bristol | --------------------- |HMS Campbeltown | --------------------- |HMS Cardiff | --------------------- |HMS Chatham | --------------------- |HMS Cornwall | --------------------- |HMS Coventry | --------------------- |HMS Cumberland | --------------------- |HMS Dulverton | --------------------- |HMS Edinburgh | --------------------- |HMS Exeter | --------------------- |HMS Fearless | --------------------- |HMS Glasgow | --------------------- |HMS Gloucester | --------------------- |HMS Grafton | --------------------- |HMS Herald | --------------------- |HMS Illustrious | --------------------- |HMS Invincible | --------------------- |HMS Iron Duke | --------------------- |HMS Liverpool | --------------------- |HMS London | --------------------- |HMS Manchester | --------------------- |HMS Marlborough | --------------------- |HMS Monmouth | --------------------- |HMS Montrose | --------------------- |HMS Newcastle | --------------------- |HMS Norfolk | --------------------- |HMS Northumberland | --------------------- |HMS Nottingham | --------------------- |HMS Ocean | --------------------- |HMS Richmond | --------------------- |HMS Sandown | --------------------- |HMS Sheffield | --------------------- |HMS Shetland | --------------------- |HMS Somerset | --------------------- |HMS Southampton | --------------------- |HMS Sutherland | --------------------- |HMS Talent | --------------------- |HMS Trafalgar | --------------------- |HMS Trenchant | --------------------- |HMS Turbulent | --------------------- |HMS Vengeance | --------------------- |HMS Westminster | --------------------- |HMS York | --------------------- |810 Squadron | --------------------- |Margin1 | --------------------- |Other2 | --------------------- |Untrained strength | --------------------- |Total RN Ratings | --------------------- ---------------------- |Unit | ---------------------- |40 Commando | ---------------------- |45 Commando | ---------------------- |Margin1 | ---------------------- |Other2 | ---------------------- |Untrained strength | ---------------------- |Total RM Other Ranks| ---------------------- |Total Naval Service | ---------------------- ------------------ |Regiment | ------------------ |H Cav | ------------------ |Rac (Unspec) | ------------------ |9/12 L | ------------------ |QDG | ------------------ |Scots DG | ------------------ |RDG | ------------------ |QRH | ------------------ |KRH | ------------------ |LD | ------------------ |QRL | ------------------ |RTR | ------------------ |1 RHA | ------------------ |7 PARA RHA | ------------------ |4 Regt RA | ------------------ |5 Regt RA | ------------------ |12 Regt RA | ------------------ |16 Regt RA | ------------------ |19 Regt RA | ------------------ |22 Regt RA | ------------------ |26 FD Regt | ------------------ |29 CDO Regt RA | ------------------ |32 Regt RA | ------------------ |39 Regt RA | ------------------ |40 Regt RA | ------------------ |47 Regt RA | ------------------ |Other RA Units | ------------------ |RE | ------------------ |R Signals | ------------------ |Guards (Unspec) | ------------------ |Gren Gds | ------------------ |Coldm Gds | ------------------ |Scots Gds | ------------------ |Irish Gds | ------------------ |Welsh Gds | ------------------ |Scots (Unspec) | ------------------ |RS | ------------------ |RHF | ------------------ |KOSB | ------------------ |BW | ------------------ |HLDRS | ------------------ |A & SH | ------------------ |Queens (Unspec) | ------------------ |PWRR | ------------------ |RRF | ------------------ |R Ang | ------------------ |Kings (Unspec) | ------------------ |Kings Own Border| ------------------ |Kings | ------------------ ---------------- |Regiment | ---------------- |PWO | ---------------- |Green Howards | ---------------- |R Irish (GS) | ---------------- |QLR | ---------------- |DWR | ---------------- |Pow (Unspec) | ---------------- |D and D | ---------------- |Cheshire | ---------------- |RWF | ---------------- |RRW | ---------------- |RGBW | ---------------- |WFR | ---------------- |Staffords | ---------------- |Light (Unspec)| ---------------- |LI | ---------------- |RGJ | ---------------- |PARA | ---------------- |AAC | ---------------- |RLC (EXE) | ---------------- |RAMC | ---------------- |REME | ---------------- |RAVC | ---------------- |RADC | ---------------- |Int Corps | ---------------- |QARANC | ---------------- |CAM | ---------------- |AG Corps (SPS)| ---------------- |AG Corps (PRO)| ---------------- |Total | ---------------- ---------------------------- |Location | ---------------------------- |Aldergrove | ---------------------------- |Aldershot (Keogh Barracks)| ---------------------------- |Benson | ---------------------------- |Boulmer | ---------------------------- |Brize Norton | ---------------------------- |Coltishall | ---------------------------- |Coningsby | ---------------------------- |Cosford | ---------------------------- |Cottesmore | ---------------------------- |Digby | ---------------------------- |Halton | ---------------------------- |Headley Court | ---------------------------- |Henlow | ---------------------------- |High Wycombe | ---------------------------- |Honington | ---------------------------- |Innsworth | ---------------------------- |Kinloss | ---------------------------- |Leeming | ---------------------------- |Leuchars | ---------------------------- |Linton-on-Ouse | ---------------------------- |Lossiemouth | ---------------------------- |Lyneham | ---------------------------- |Manston | ---------------------------- |Marham | ---------------------------- |Neatishead | ---------------------------- |Northolt | ---------------------------- |Northwood | ---------------------------- |Odiham | ---------------------------- |Rudloe Manor | ---------------------------- |Shawbury | ---------------------------- |St. Athan | ---------------------------- |St. Mawgan | ---------------------------- |Staxton Wold | ---------------------------- |Uxbridge | ---------------------------- |Waddington | ---------------------------- |Wittering | ---------------------------- | | ----------------------------