HC Deb 12 March 1979 vol 964 c58W
Sir Ian Gilmour

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many captains resigned from the Army in 1978.

Mr. Robert C. Brown

In 1978 the number of approved applications from male Army captains to leave prematurely at their own request was 270.

Sir Ian Gilmour

asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many officers and non-commissioned officers, in each of the Services, respectively, have resigned, or signified their intention to resign, in the year 1977–78.

Mr. Wellbeloved

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence to the hon. Member for Stretford (Mr. Churchill) on 3 May 1978—[Vol. 949, c.129–30.]