§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many persons have been recruited in Scotland over the past five years for each of the Services, if possible giving a breakdown by region and district for each year.
§ Mr. PattieThe numbers of Service men and Service women recruited at careers information offices in Scotland are as set out below. These figures do not include the recruitment of officers and QARNNS.
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RN and KM 1976–78 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 Aberdeen 36 33 48 44 48 Dundee 88 66 53 70 81 Edinburgh 189 156 140 198 237 Glasgow* 501 297 295 349 362 Inverness 58 55 43 66 53 TOTAL 872 607 579 727 781 Army Aberdeen 139 127 128 149 187 Dundee 509 371 523 562 567 Edinburgh 474 505 500 640 614 Glasgow 1189 1134 1329 1629 1498 Inverness 140 100 154 182 169 TOTAL 2451 2237 2634 3162 3035 RAF Aberdeen† 56 91 129 211 133 Dundee 98 107 135 147 176 Edinburgh 159 228 283 299 301 Glasgow 346 360 501 509 473 Inverness† 39 30 10 — 82 TOTAL 698 816 1058 1166 1165 * Up to 1977, all entrants to the WRNS from Scotland were processed through the RN CIO in Glasgow. The 1976–77 figure for Glasgow includes 113 recruits to the WRNS. † During part of 1978–79 and 1979–80 all enlistments at Inverness were processed at Aberdeen.