§ Mr. Churchillasked the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of
RN/RN Army RAF 1st January 1950 … … 107,000 3,159,000 * 1st January 1960 … … 78,000 1,025,000 161,000 1st January 1970 … … 28,000 310,000 34,000 1st December 1979 … 34,000 201,000 28,000 Figures for 1st January 1980 are not yet available. * = not readily available.