§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the current year's recruitment targets for each Army regiment. [4423]
§ Mr. SoamesPursuant to my answer of 15 November,Official Report, columns 375–76, I regret that, due to a typographical error, the figures for recruiting targets for officers and soldiers of the AAC and RAChD were wrongly given. These should have read 24 officers and 160 soldiers in the AAC and 10 officers and 0 soldiers in the RAChD respectively. There are no apprentice targets for these arms. The full table is as follows:
699W
Arm/Service Officers Soldiers Apprentices H Cav/RAC 69 800 — RA 88 1,400 — RE 62 960 234 R Signals 49 1,040 200 Infantry 234 — — Household Division — 800 — Scottish Division — 800 —
Arm/Service Officers Soldiers Apprentices Queen's Division — 800 — King's Division — 800 — Prince of Wales Division — 1,020 — Light Division — 580 — Royal Irish (GS) — 140 — Parachute Regiment — 460 — AAC 24 160 — RAChD 10 0 — RLC 82 2,400 186 RAMC 54 200 — REME 36 640 450 AGC 53 760 — RAVC 2 32 — SASC 10 0 — RADC 10 40 — INT CORPS 9 100 — APTC 10 0 — QARANC 20 120 — CA Mus 10 120 — Total 802 14,172 1,070 Combined total=15,242 1 Officer entry only through late entry commission and SNCOs/WOs transferred from other arms and services.