§ Mr. Wiggasked the Minister of Defence on what date he will publish the Quarterly Armed Forces Recruiting, Prolongation of Service and Structure by Length of Engagement (SSS(R) (56) 4), Defence Whole-time and Part-time Manpower (SSS(M) (56) 4) and Strengths of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (SSS(AS) (56) 4) returns for the quarter ending 31st December, 1956; and whether he will publish special returns to coincide with the Defence White Paper for 1957.
§ Mr. HeadI expect to publish these returns early in February. This is before the usual time for the issue of the annual Statement on Defence and I do not, therefore, intend to publish special returns at that time.