§ Mr. Bingasked the Minister of Defence whether he will furnish the recruiting statistics relating to all three Services for the quarter ended 31st December, 1946; and if corresponding figures will be made available each quarter in future.
§ Mr. AlexanderYes, Sir. The figures for quarter ended December, 1946, are as follow: 23W
Recruited for Normal Regular Engagement (a) Bounty Scheme (3 or 4 years). Total Normal Regular and Bounty Scheme October. November. December. October. November. December. October. November. December. Total. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) Royal Navy and Royal Marines 2,345 1,644 1,397 609 641 428 2,954 2,285 1,825 7,064 Army 2,791 2,625 3,022 1,807 2,023 1,336 4,598 4,648 4,358 13,604 Royal Air Force 2,976 2,905 2,059 2,305 1,876 1,732 5,281 4,781 3,791 13,853 Total 8,112 7,174 6,478 4,721 4,540 3,496 12,833 11,714 9,974 34,521 21,764 12,757 (a) The term "Normal Regular Engagements" comprises civilian recruits (men and boys) either with or without previous service in the Armed Forces and men already serving who have entered into normal Regular Engagements I will arrange for copies of future similar returns to be placed in the Vote Office each quarter, as they become available.