§ Mr. Walderasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Army officers and men, and members of the Women's Royal Army Corps, are at present employed in staff duties or at headquarters down to and including brigade group level in the British Army of the Rhine, in the Middle East theatre, and in Malaysia, respectively.
§ Mr. ReynoldsThe figures are as follows:
OFFICERS United Kingdom Theatre Male Female Gurkha BAOR 761 6 — MEC 157 2 2 MALAYSIA (including Singapore) 471 6 5
OTHER RANKS United Kingdom Theatre Male Female Gurkha BAOR 3,942 190 — MEC 241 26 — MALAYSIA 575 56 332