Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many merchant seafarers were employed by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each year from 2008-09 to 2015-16.
The number of Royal Fleet Auxiliary employees on 1 Apr for each year 2008-09 to 2015-16 are as follows:
2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
2,245 | 2,275 | 2,300 | 2,330 | 1,975 | 1,890 | 1,810 | 1,895 |
All totals are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy.