§ Mr Roebuckasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the number of officers and other ranks, respectively, in each of the three Services, respectively, and in the women's Services, respectively, and indicate the number who are aliens and Commonwealth citizens, respectively.
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§ Mr. HattersleyThe strengths of officers and other ranks in each of the three Services respectively, and in the women's services, as at 1st December, 1969, are as follows:
Service Officers Other Ranks Royal Navy and Royal Marines 11,009 73,409 Army 18,143 153,417 Royal Air Force 19,147 88,035 WRNS and QARNNS 439 2,918 WRAC and QARANC 857 4,489 WRAF and PMRAFNS 809 4,532 Total 50,404 326,800 I regret that information on numbers of aliens and Commonwealth citizens could not be made available without an unjustifiable effort.