Table 1 outlines the percentage of Royal Engineer Lance Corporals (LCpl) promoted to Corporal (Cpl) and Corporals promoted to Sergeant (Sgt) during the 2014 and 2015 promotion selection boards, for their 1st to 6th ‘looks’.

Table 1: Number selected for promotion to Corporal or Sergeant
Promotion Board	1st	2nd	3erd	4th	5th	6th	Total Selected
2014 LCpl to Cpl	32.8%	6.5%	3.6%	1.2%	1.5%	¬	45.7%
2014 Cpl to Sgt	19.5%	8.2%	3.5%	¬	¬	¬	33.3%
2015 LCpl to Cpl	20.8%	19.1%	4.1%	1.9%	¬	¬	47.0%
2015 Cpl to Sgt	18.7%	11.0%	7.2%	3.3%	¬	¬	41.9%

Notes

• Percentages have been rounded to 1 decimal place.
• ¬ denotes 5 or fewer people.

Reference

FOI 2015/08849 dated 03 November 2015.