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<p>The table included in my answer of 16 June 2014 included a column headed ‘Average
Strength'. This was incorrectly labelled and should have been headed ‘Underlying Outflow'.</p><p>
</p><p>The tables from my answers of 3 April 2014 (Official Report, column 809W) and
16 June 2014, (Official Report, column 363W) are re-produced below with the correct
headings and to provide clarity.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Regiment/Corps</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Average Career Length</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Enlisted
under 18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Enlisted 18 or over</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Underlying Outflow</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Household
Cavalry & Royal Armoured Corps</p></td><td><p>11 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>9
years,4 months</p></td><td><p>1,860</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Artillery</p></td><td><p>13
years,0 months</p></td><td><p>9 years,6 months</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal
Engineers</p></td><td><p>12 years,11 months</p></td><td><p>8 years,6 months</p></td><td><p>2,830</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Signals</p></td><td><p>14 years,5 months</p></td><td><p>10
years,1 months</p></td><td><p>1,830</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Infantry</p></td><td><p>11
years,0 months</p></td><td><p>7 years,9 months</p></td><td><p>8,700</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Army
Air Corps</p></td><td><p>14 years,1 months</p></td><td><p>11 years,3 months</p></td><td><p>370</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Logistic Corps</p></td><td><p>13 years,5 months</p></td><td><p>10
years,2 months</p></td><td><p>4,560</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Medical
Corps</p></td><td><p>12 years,1 months</p></td><td><p>9 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>560</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</p></td><td><p>14 years,4
months</p></td><td><p>13 years,3 months</p></td><td><p>2,670</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant
General's Corps (Provost)</p></td><td><p>19 years,7 months</p></td><td><p>13 years,6
months</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Adjutant General's Corps
(Staff and Personnel Support)</p></td><td><p>18 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>14
years,4 months</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Veterinary
Corps</p></td><td><p>12 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>9 years,6 months</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Small Arms School Corps</p></td><td><p>23 years,0 months</p></td><td><p>21
years,5 months</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Dental
Corps</p></td><td><p>13 years,7 months</p></td><td><p>11 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Intelligence Corps</p></td><td><p>22 years,10 months</p></td><td><p>14
years,4 months</p></td><td><p>240</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal Army Physical
Training Corps</p></td><td><p>22 years,0 months</p></td><td><p>19 years,11 months</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps</p></td><td><p>14
years,5 months</p></td><td><p>11 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Corps
of Army Music</p></td><td><p>22 years,2 months</p></td><td><p>13 years,3 months</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Soldier Continuity Posts (Long Service)</p></td><td><p>34
years,11 months</p></td><td><p>30 years,4 months</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Source: Defence Statistics (Army)</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>An individual's Length of Service and enlistment age have been calculated using
the current entry date recorded on the Joint Personnel Administration system. There
can be small anomalies in the data where personnel have transferred to the Army from
another service, served under an alternative assignment type (e.g. reserve forces),
are re-entrants or have transferred from officers to other ranks.</p><p> </p><p>The
average career length is a simple calculation based on dividing the total length of
service of all those personnel who have left the Army by Corps between 1 April 2010
and 31 March 2013 by the total number of personnel leaving each Corps during the same
period.</p><p> </p><p>Notes/Caveats:</p><p>Underlying outflow figures have been rounded
to 10; numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent
systematic bias.</p><p> </p>
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