§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Answer on 1st March, why the percentage of serving Royal Air Force personnel whose requests for premature voluntary retirement has been deferred has increased eight-fold, from 0.11 per cent. in 1973–74 to 0.89 per cent. in 1977–78.
§ Mr. WellbelovedThe numbers are too small to be of reliable statistical significance.