Ministry of Defence Main Building Whitehall London SW1A 2HB United Kingdom

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7218 9000 Ref: FOI2019/12078

Joseph Fawcett request-613985- 18 November 2019 [email protected]

Dear Mr Fawcett,

Thank you for your email of 21 October 2019, requesting the following information:

“Please could you provide the number of by rank within the Army Force, Sea Cadet Corps and Air Training Corps. Along with the number of adult volunteers and officers by rank within the , Sea Cadet Corps and Air Training Corps?"

I am treating your correspondence as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

A search for the information has now been completed within the Ministry of Defence, and I can confirm that some of the information in scope of your request is held. The information you have requested, and is held, has been set out below and overleaf.

Army Cadet Force (Cadets) Rank Number Cadet 29370 Cadet Lance Corporal 4961 Cadet Corporal 2375 Cadet Sergeant 691 Cadet Staff Sergeant 292 Cadet Company Sergeant Major 160 Cadet Regimental Sergeant Major 37

Army Cadet Force (Adults) Rank Number Colonel 73 Lieutenant Colonel 103 Major 362 Chaplain of the Forces Class 3 44 Captain 482 Chaplain of the Forces Class 4 45 Lieutenant 438 274 Adult Under Officer 140 Regimental Sergeant Major Instructor 55 Sergeant Major Instructor 797 Staff Sergeant Instructor 1250 Sergeant Instructor 2186 Probationary Instructor 1191 Non-Uniformed Volunteers 888

Air Training Corps (Cadets) Rank Number Cadet 27725 Cadet Corporal 3939 Cadet Sergeant 1982 Cadet 972 Cadet 390

Air Training Corps (Adults) Rank Number Wing Commander 78 Squadron Leader 507 Flight Lieutenant 1293 Flying Officer 1249 Warrant Officer 580 Flight Sergeant 447 Sergeant 919 Civilian Volunteers 6485

You also requested information on Sea Cadet Corps ranks. The Sea Cadet Corps is run by the Marine Society and Sea Cadet Corps (MSSC), an independent charity, which is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. However, under Section 16 of FOIA (Advice and Assistance), you may wish to contact the MSSC directly to ask whether they would be willing to provide the information you are seeking. Their address is:

Marine Society and Sea Cadets 202 Lambeth Road LONDON SE1 7JW

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Yours sincerely,

Defence People Secretariat