Dark Blue update - we have seen the way to keep manpower (slyly). We have taken the responsibility for recording discipline data away from the RN Policemen, and given it to Leading Writers - which means that the Pay Office gets to retain some more subject specialists! Signal came out today asking us to cancel all SNCO Police courses and rebook with Leading Writers "recognising that it may require more than one person per unit." Result for us, I think.
Sad thing is that even at this late stage we are still specifying who requires which role within a unit.