Below is the number of candidates eligible for promotion from Sergeant (Sgt) to Warrant Officer Class One (WO1) in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) between 2010 and 2016.

Table 1: Promotion Year 2013-2014
Promotion Rank	Eligible for Promotion	Numbers Promoted	Medical Grading Below P2 FE
WO1	150	100	20
WO2	230	110	20
Staff Sergeant	220	100	20
Sergeant	410	240	30

Table 2: Promotion Year 2014-2015
Promotion Rank	Eligible for Promotion	Numbers Promoted	Medical Grading Below P2 FE
WO1	140	90	10
WO2	210	100	20
Staff Sergeant	210	80	20
Sergeant	400	2690	20

Table 3: Promotion Year 2015-2016
Promotion Rank	Eligible for Promotion	Numbers Promoted	Medical Grading Below P2 FE
WO1	160	70	10
WO2	210	100	20
Staff Sergeant	180	50	20
Sergeant	530	170	20

Notes:

• The information is only available by promotion year, not calendar year.
• The promotion year for Sgt and SSgt runs 01 October to 30 September, and for WO2 and WO1 runs from 01 April to 31 March.
• The medical information for individuals is only recorded at time of promotion and may have changed since then.
• As per Defence Statistics, all figures are rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.
• Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.

Reference

FOI 2017/02392 dated March 2017.