§ 14. Mr. Home RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the record of recruitment and retention of service personnel in units based in Scotland.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonRecruitment in Scotland to all the services in 1989–90, the last full year for which data are available, was 11.6 per cent. of the United Kingdom total. The only relevant data on retention relate to the Scottish division, where the rate is marginally below that for the Army as a whole.