HL Deb 12 July 2004 vol 663 cc122-4WA
Lord Astor of Hever

asked Her Majesty's Government: Where the Armed Forces recruiting offices are in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man; and [HL3510]

How many individuals, broken down by single-Service and multi-Service, each Armed Forces recruiting office has recruited in the past year. [HL3511]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach):

The locations of the Armed Forces careers officers (AFCO), and the single-Service (predominantly Army) satellite recruiting offices are detailed in the table below. Also included is the number of individuals recruited by each AFCO, by Service, in financial year 2003–04:

AFCO RN Army RAF Total
Aberdeen 45 83 101 229
Aldershot — 113 — 113
Ashington — 46 — 46
Bangor — 68 — 68
Barnsley — 121 — 121
Barnstaple — 56 — 56
Baroow-in-Furness — 75 — 75
Bathgate — 49 — 49
Belfast 74 120 163 357
Birkenhead — 122 — 122
Birmingham 139 327 286 752
Bishop Auckland — 80 — 80
Blackburn — 85 — 85
Blackheath — 110 — 110
Blackpool — 94 — 94
Bolton — 153 — 153
Boston — 67 — 67
Bournemouth 76 89 107 272
Bradford — 170 — 170
Brighton 46 200 152 398
Bristol 141 226 189 556
Burnley — 103 — 103
Burton-on-Trent — 118 — 118
Cambridge 16 107 120 243
Canterbury 25 63 — 88
Cardiff 74 160 208 442
Carlisle 46 432 82 560
Carmarthen — 39 — 39
Catterick — 25 — 25
Chatham 44 135 111 290
Chelmsford 33 150 — 183
Chester — 82 — 82
Chesterfield — 62 — 62
Chichester — 60 — 60
Coleraine — 30 — 30
Coventry 47 167 100 314
Croydon — 168 — 168
Darlington 66 90 — 156
Derby 64 63 — 127
Doncaster — 144 — 144
Dover — 42 — 42
Dumbarton — 48 — 48
Dumfries — 78 — 78
Dundee 65 67 190 322
Dunfermline 36 112 — 148
Durham — 120 — 120
Edinburgh 93 144 128 365
Elgin — 40 — 40
Exeter 71 79 171 321
Galashiels — 48 — 48
Glasgow 90 202 116 408
Gloucester 57 85 178 320
Greenock — 48 — 48
Grimsby — 110 — 110
Guildford 46 — — 46
Halifax — 71 — 71
Hamilton — 141 — 141
Haverford West — 54 — 54
Hereford — 78 — 78
Herford — 23 — 23
Huddersfield — 104 — 104
Hull 117 150 77 344
Ilford 21 210 — 231
Inverness 19 72 108 199
Ipswich 48 58 — 106
Irvine — 148 — 148
Kirkcaldy — 83 — 83
Lancaster — 77 — 77
Leeds 87 180 227 494
Leicester 59 142 182 383
Lincoln 57 78 152 287
Liverpool 174 223 257 654
London 182 170 253 605
Luton 69 135 99 303
Manchester 206 256 211 673
Mansfield — 113 — 113
Middlesborough 88 295 174 557
Milton Keynes — 95 — 95
Newport — 118 — 118
Newport I of W — 39 — 39
Norwich 58 118 215 391
Northampton — 128 — 128
Nottingham 93 124 281 498
Oldham — 111 — 111
Omagh — 14 — 14
Oxford 55 82 196 333
Paisley — 69 — 69
Perth — 36 — 36
Peterborough 25 128 225 378
Plymouth 239 171 172 582
Pontypridd — 124 — 124
Portadown — 22 — 22
Portsmouth 207 92 218 517
Preston 91 115 207 413
Reading — 116 — 116
Redruth 67 62 91 220
Rhyll — 84 — 84
Salisbury — 77 — 77
Scarborough — 48 — 48
Sheffield 85 149 206 440
Shrewsbury 48 108 185 341
Southampton 50 85 — 135
Southend — 129 93 222
South Shields — 87 — 87
St Helens 60 — — 60
Stirling — 71 — 71
Stockport — 118 — 118
Stoke 32 175 97 304
Strand (London) — 603 — 603
Sunderland — 117 — 117
Swansea 75 132 108 315
Taunton 91 84 — 175
Torquay — 75 — 75
Tunbridge Wells — 29 — 29
Upavon — 93 — 93
Wakefield — 106 — 106
Warrington — 100 — 100
Wembley — 23 — 23
Wigan — 127 — 127
Wolverhampton 24 168 — 192
Worcester — 118 — 118
Workington — 42 — 42
Wrexham 29 121 204 354
York — 58 — 58
Lord Astor of Hever

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many recruits joined the infantry in the past year.

Lord Bach:

During financial year 2003—04, 4,660 untrained soldiers joined the Regular Army infantry from civil life.

Note that figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.