Air Command Secretariat
Spitfire Block
Headquarters Air Command
Royal Air Force
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP14 4UE
20170407-FOI 03530 DAWSON
Mrs Angela Dawson [by email]
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
11 April 2017
Dear Mrs Dawson
Thank you for your email of 15 March, which has been considered to be a request for
information under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000; I have been asked to reply on
behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD).
In your email you requested the following:
“I would be grateful for the total number of SNCOs who deployed in;
a) Their last 2 years of service in both 2015 and 2016
b) Their final year of service in both 2015 and 2016.”
A search for the information has now been completed within the MOD, and I can confirm that
information in scope of your request is held. The following information is based on RAF
regular personnel who have deployed in years 2015 and 2016 and whose start date is within
one or two years of their projected termination date:
2015
2016
Number of SNCOs deployed within one 5
7
year of Projected Termination Date
Number of SNCOs deployed Within two 37
17
years of Projected Termination Date
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Yours sincerely,
Air Command Secretariat