§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the locations of Army careers information offices in Scotland; which of these are to remain open and for how long; and if he will make a statement. [17480]
§ Mr. SoamesThere are currently 18 Army careers information offices—ACIOs—in Scotland. Five of these are to become armed forces careers offices—AFCOs—during the next calendar year. These AFCOs will be manned and operated on a tri-service basis. A further nine ACIOs will become permanent Army satellite offices and provide support for the AFCOs. Additionally, four offices due for closure will remain open until April 1997. These four offices form part of the Army's recent review of its requirement for ACIOs as referred to in theOfficial Report, 20 February 1996, column 96. Locations of all the careers offices are shown in the table.
- Armed forces careers offices
- Aberdeen
- Dundee
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Inverness.
- Army satellite offices
- Bathgate
- Dumfries
- Dunfermline
- Galashiels
- Glenrothes
- Hamilton
- Irvine
- Perth
- Stirling.
- Short-term retained offices
- Dumbarton
- Elgin
- Greenock
- Wick.