§ Mr. Cowansasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the recruitment figures to the Armed Services in the Northern Region covering the last five years.
§ Mr. WellbelovedRegional figures for officer entrants to the three Services and 461W for all entrants to Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service are not readily available, as they are recruited centrally. These apart, the numbers of Service personnel recruited in the Northern region in the financial years 1971–72 to 1975–76 and in the first 10 months of 1976–77 are as follows:
Year Numbers of Recruits 1971–72 3,932 1972–73 3,601 1973–74 2,333 1974–75 3,141 1975–76 3,316 1976–77 (to 31 Jan 77) 2,360