§ Mr. Percivalasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the commissions which have been set up under legislation introduced by his Department in the past 10 years; and what is the annual cost of running each commission and the number of staff employed by each commission, giving separate figures for executive and clerical staff in each case.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe information is as follows:
other ranks, respectively, have resigned in each month since January 1975, inclusive; and how many applications to enlist were made, and how many of these were rejected, during the same period.
§ Mr. Robert C. BrownProvision is currently made for an establishment of the UDR of 10,000, and the shortfall on 253W 30th June 1976 was 2,141. Figures for applications for enrolment, rejection of
TABLE Resignations Applications Rejections Officers Other Ranks 1975— January … … … … 335 33 2 121 February … … … … 220 30 5 110 March … … … … 301 31 — 69 April … … … … 271 22 — 86 May … … … … 187 31 1 71 June … … … … 258 24 — 55 July … … … … 271 50 — 71 August … … … … 248 44 — 56 September … … … … 326 43 — 93 October … … … … 244 47 — 55 November … … … … 255 48 1 106 December … … … … 175 23 — 81 1976— January … … … … 307 35 — 79 February … … … … 265 41 — 61 March … … … … 331 49 — 86 April … … … … 209 64 — 53 May … … … … 277 49 — 69 June … … … … 390 60 — 86