§ Mr. Ramsdenasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Territorial Army drill halls there were in 1965; how many have since been disposed of; how many are still to be disposed of; and how many will be retained as a result of his announcement on the further reorganisation of the Territorial Army on 28th November, 1968.
§ Dr. David OwenThere were 1,250 Territorial Army Centres in 1965. As a 571W result of the reorganisation announced in 1967 it was planned to dispose of 750 of these. 380 have already been disposed of and 370 are in process of disposal. Of the 500 which were to be retained. about 100 were small Centres for use by Cadets, 250 were for Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve II and 150 for Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve III. As a result of the recent decisions announced in the House by my hon. Friend the Minister of Defence for Administration on 28th November, the 150 Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve III Centres will be retained.—[Vol. 774, c. 739–41.]
MEDICAL CADET 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 (1st half) R.N. … … — 26 37 44 32 23 10 Army … … 96 87 73 36 37 33 13 R.A.F. … … 80 64 41 30 42 38 18 Total … … 176 177 151 110 111 94 41
DENTAL CADETS 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 R.N. … — — — 5 1 13 8 6 3 (Jan.-March) Army … — 7 7 18 33 12 8 2 6 1 (Jan.-Oct.) R.A.F. … 10 11 14 20 21 2 — 9 8 5 (Jan.-Oct.) Total … 10 18 21 38 59 15 21 19 20 9