DefenceStatistics(Navy).docVIP

Defence Statistics (Navy) Room 223 West Battery Whale Island Portsmouth PO2 8DX United Kingdom Ref: FOI2016/00337 Telephone [MOD]: E-mail:+44 (0)23 9262 5955  HYPERLINK mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx Mr Tim Shorter E-mail address: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx14 January 2016 Dear Mr Shorter Thank you for your email of 10 January 2016 requesting the following information: “…the last 5 years worth of data in respect of the following: (1) average promotion years for promotion from OF3 to OF4 in the Warfare (including aircrew), Logistics and Engineer branches of the RN. (2) the same data in respect of RM General Service Officers. For the avoidance of doubt, promotion years are as defined in BR3 para 6609.” 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 all the information in scope of your request is held. The information you have requested can be found in the table below. Average length of service on promotion from OF3 to OF4Warfare9 years 91 daysLogistics8 years 259 daysEngineers9 years 346 daysRoyal Marine General Service 28 years 277 days If you are not satisfied with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance. If informal resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an independent internal review by contacting the Information Rights Compliance team, 1st Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail  HYPERLINK mailto:xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx xxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xx). Please note that any request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has come to an end. If you remain dissatisfied following an inte