§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of infantry recruits was generated by(a) the Recruitment Group and (b) by the regiment's own efforts in the last 12 months. [62231]
§ Mr. IngramArmy recruiting is an integrated operation involving both the Army Training and Recruiting Agency's Recruiting Group and the Field Army. All recruits are enlisted at an armed forces career office, and no central record of the source of their interest is maintained, although Recruiting Group is developing a contacts management database that will provide a broad indication of this in due course.