Written question asked by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 April 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 April 2017. It was answered by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Tuesday, 25 April 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Navy: Officers

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Captains and (b) Commanders were employed by the Royal Navy in each of the last five years.

Answer

The information requested, as at 1 March of each year, is provided below:

Notes:

Includes total trained Regular and Full-Time Reserve Service Regular personnel
Based on Paid Rank.
In line with published data, all numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10, with Numbers ending in 5 rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias.

Secondary information