HC Deb 27 March 1907 vol 171 c1793
SIR GILBERT PARKER (Gravesend)

I beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, how many recruits purchased their discharge at a cost of £10 during each of the last five years.

MR. HALDANE

The figures for recruits claiming their discharge under Section 81, Army Act, are as follows:—Twelve months to 31st December, 1902, 933†; nine months to 30th September, 1903, 590; twelve months to 30th September, 1904, 766; twelve months to 30th September, 1905, 830; twelve months to 30th September, 1906, 868.