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Fox, Liam
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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the separation rate was for married personnel in each service in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) officers, (b) other ranks and (c) all ranks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the separation rate was for married personnel in each service in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) officers, (b) other ranks and (c) all ranks.
Asked by
Liam Fox
(Conservative)
Answered by
Derek Twigg
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 May 2008
For answer on
9 May 2008
Answered on
15 May 2008
The information is not held in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.The following table shows annual divorce rates¹ for Army and RAF UK Regular Forces² personnel for each calendar year since 1997 up until the most recent data available, by officers and ranks. Naval service data are not available as the naval service groups 'separated', 'divorced' and 'widowed' together."¹ Rates are calculated as a percentage of the average married strength during the calendar years. The term 'divorce' includes 'decree absolute' and 'marriage annulled'. It excludes 'decree nisi' and individuals who are separated.""² UK regular forces includes nursing services and excludes full-time reserve service personnel, Ghurkhas, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment and mobilised reservists. It includes trained and untrained personnel."
| Percentage | ||||||||||
| 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006¹, ² | |
| Army² | ||||||||||
| All | 4— | 4— | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| Officers | 4— | 4— | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| Ranks | 4— | 4— | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 |
| RAF | ||||||||||
| All | 4— | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 4— |
| Officers | 4— | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 4— |
| Ranks | 4— | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 4— |
| ¹ Figures for 2006 are for the most recently available 12 months which cover the period up to 1 December 2006. | ||||||||||
| ² Following the phased introduction of a new personnel administration system, marital status data are no longer available. This table shows the most recently available data. | ||||||||||
| ³ For the years 1999, 2000 and 2001, annulments are excluded from the calculations for divorce rates, as the information was not available, however the remaining years do include annulments in their calculation. | ||||||||||
| 4 Denotes data is unavailable. | ||||||||||
| Note: | ||||||||||
| Percentages are calculated from unrounded figures and are shown to one decimal place. |
Subjects
Armed forces; Separation
Date
15 May 2008
Reference
475 c1707-8W; 205128
House
House of Commons