Written question asked by Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 12 March 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 March 2015. It was answered by Anna Soubry (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 March 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Warships
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many suitably qualified and experienced personnel positions are (a) required and (b) vacant in (i) Type 23 and (ii) Type 45 ship crews.
- Answer
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The information requested, as at 12 March 2015, is shown in the following table:
Required Positions
Vacant Positions
Type 23
1,990
180
Type 45
1,150
75
Note: All figures are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy. All numbers over 100 are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias. Numbers under 100 are rounded to the nearest 5.
None of the existing vacancies is in a post categorised as safety critical and no ship would go to sea without the minimum required complement of suitably qualified and experienced personnel.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 227425
- Session
- 2014-15
- Subjects
- Staff Navy Warships
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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