HC Deb 06 March 1968 vol 760 c102W
Mr. Dempsey

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total number of servicemen in each of the services who have failed to report for duty at the latest convenient date.

Mr. Reynolds

Servicemen fail to report for duty for a number of reasons ranging from sickness, delays in travelling to an intention to desert and no central records of such occurrences are kept.