§ Rear-Admiral Morgan-Gilesasked the Minister of State for Defence what was the total complement, officers, airmen and juniors, of the Royal Air Force at 1st January 1973, excluding women and any locally recruited abroad; and at the same date what were the numbers of warrant officers, flight sergeants and chief technicians, respectively.
§ Lord LambtonThe total strength of the Royal Air Force at 1st January 1973, excluding women and any locally recruited abroad was 101,630. The numbers of warrant officers, flight sergeants 361W and chief technicians included in this total were 2,142, 2,562 and 7,411, respectively.