§ 66. Mr. Cordleasked the Secretary of Defence what evidence he has of the reason for the success of recruitment in some regiments as opposed to others; which regiment has had the most successful results; and if he will give recent figures for all regiments.
§ Mr. MulleySuccess in recruitment is dependent partly upon the traditions and family ties built up by regiments over many years and the tasks required of, and the publicity given them, and partly upon their own efforts and organisation and help given by the Ministry of Defence. It would, however, be invidious to select any one arm, corps or regiment as being the best recruited at this stage of build up in the Army216W when some are in greater need of recruits and therefore greater effort is required of them than others.
I circulate below the recruitment figures for this year:
INFANTRY Intake 1st January, 1965 to Overall 1st May, gain in 1965 1965 Foot Guards … 429 +69 Lowland Brigade … 139 -28 Home Counties Brigade … 244 +110 Lancastrian Brigade … 188 +75 Fusilier Brigade … 195 +16 Royal Anglian Brigade … 217 +54 Wessex Brigade … 170 +51 Light Infantry Brigade … 155 -4 Yorkshire Brigade … 152 +23 Mercian Brigade … 193 +47 Welsh Brigade … 88 -22 North Irish Brigade … 177 -19 High land Brigade … 145 -26 Green Jackets Brigade … 220 +79 Parachute Brigade … 214 -18
REST OF THE ARMY Enlistments as Percentage Overall of Total gain in Army Intake 1965 Household Cavalry 8.5 +28 Royal Armoured Corps Royal Artillery 10.8 +27 Royal Engineers 9.6 +80 Royal Signals 6.9 +189 Infantry 40.0 +401 Royal Army Service Corps 7.0 +72 Royal Army Medical Corps 1.7 +43 Royal Army Ordnance Corps 3.9 +30 Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers 5.2 +96 Royal Military Police 1.0 +58 Royal Army Pay Corps 0.7 +7 Royal Army Veterinary Corps 0.1 +5 Royal Army Dental Corps 0.1 +4 Royal Pioneer Corps 1.3 +29 Intelligence Corps 0.5 -1 Army Catering Corps 2.7 +50