HC Deb 29 April 1959 vol 604 cc144-8W
Mr. Strachey

asked the Secretary of State for War if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT particulars of recruiting for the Regular Army, male adults only, for each of the months from September, 1957, to February, 1958, inclusive, and from September, 1958, to February, 1959, inclusive, broken down to show the figures for the principal recruiting centres in the British Isles.

Mr. Soames

Following is the information requested:

RECRUITING (MALE ADULTS) DIRECT FROM CIVIL LIFE
Recruiting Centre 1957–1958
September October November December January February
Glasgow 82 50 58 48 58 90
Liverpool 94 59 64 36 55 97
Edinburgh 64 51 47 34 45 54
Manchester 68 46 64 35 43 73
Sheffield 67 48 53 18 65 69
Leeds 70 53 52 35 36 58
Birmingham 66 37 39 25 48 73
Central London 53 41 33 22 33 38
Nottingham 59 28 31 42 41 48
Belfast 45 26 41 29 63 66
Newcastle 44 28 32 27 32 38
Brighton 35 28 25 29 24 28
Leicester 48 19 34 16 41 37
Wolverhampton 35 27 25 16 26 23
Bournemouth 42 32 32 4 42 33
Cardiff 49 27 20 19 19 26
Croydon 27 44 26 10 19 24
Hull 30 21 22 16 23 39
Bradford 34 22 27 20 32 30
Dundee 26 29 19 27 31 48
Acton 35 25 27 14 17 35
Blackheath 34 24 21 14 16 29
Stoke-on-Trent 41 29 36 17 28 40
Rea ding 28 26 23 15 19 22
Derby 45 17 29 16 27 32
Lincoln 35 24 39 14 28 32
Wanstead 37 17 19 13 18 19
Bristol 19 21 20 11 30 28
Surbiton 28 35 24 16 14 19
Chatham 30 23 23 12 10 14
Portsmouth 30 15 21 7 18 19
Kentish Town 20 22 23 10 20 31
Chester 25 15 19 14 24 33
Middlesbrough 25 11 17 14 19 24
Southend 22 12 13 12 15 14
Gloucester 24 10 21 11 12 18
Preston 22 13 14 11 9 20
Exeter 21 12 15 23 10 11
Ipswich 22 19 11 8 12 33
St. Albans 26 16 19 10 13 25
Aberdeen 18 17 13 6 22 18
Darlington 12 10 28 14 21 34
Southampton 15 29 14 8 27 26
South Shields 20 10 17 6 16 20
Carlisle 16 17 12 4 9 16
Norwich 15 15 14 7 8 19
Swansea 27 17 21 12 13 25
Northampton 6 14 12 2 19 19
Coventry 14 10 13 16 15 15
York 15 6 8 1 5 19
Cambridge 13 19 9 4 5 7
Huddersfield 14 15 17 11 27 27
Pontypridd 14 9 9 1 13 13
Canterbury 11 7 17 6 10 7
Inverness 8 5 9 6 10 13
Salisbury 12 9 13 4 7 10
Blackburn 9 8 2 4 11 15
Worcester 12 3 11 6 6 20
Wrexham 14 7 9 5 10 11
Omagh 10 5 6 13 19 14
Devonport 13 15 10 5 10 11
Dumfries 10 11 10 3 9 6
Shrewsbury 12 3 8 9 7 5
Oxford 6 8 2 2 4 9
Redruth 6 4 3 5 4 9
Channel Isles 9 8 3 3 1 5
Total 1,928 1,383 1,468 933 1,443 1,883

Recruiting Centre 1958–1959
September October November December January February
Glasgow 110 89 132 80 126 144
Liverpool 122 97 109 56 111 89
Edinburgh 84 77 68 47 87 94
Manchester 112 103 119 45 130 98
Sheffield 91 80 121 46 121 84
Leeds 88 76 92 78 108 93
Birmingham 78 72 81 37 88 87
Central London 53 65 73 37 59 42
Nottingham 57 64 66 60 66 47
Belfast 93 84 75 29 113 120
Newcastle 70 69 65 37 75 47
Brighton 44 42 43 32 46 36
Leicester 29 31 37 24 35 39
Wolverhampton 31 34 29 17 47 46
Bournemouth 31 32 58 9 43 26
Cardiff 67 62 68 21 52 60
Croydon 51 39 36 23 38 38
Hull 29 25 33 31 40 46
Bradford 36 34 32 10 46 36
Dundee 53 39 44 29 61 47
Acton 28 37 41 19 39 34
Blackheath 46 34 46 19 38 44
Stoke-on-Trent 48 56 46 25 39 28
Reading 22 31 27 18 27 20
Derby 38 48 53 24 39 45
Lincoln 39 39 49 22 64 37
Wanstead 52 34 42 14 32 29
Bristol 39 32 43 28 39 27
Surbiton 20 19 23 18 22 21
Chatham 39 33 27 22 31 39
Portsmouth 32 28 37 20 35 37
Kentish Town 30 28 43 14 28 23
Chester 46 40 40 20 41 34
Middlesbrough 29 35 30 17 33 38
Southend 27 18 33 16 32 24
Gloucester 14 21 32 11 28 22
Preston 38 27 37 17 31 25
Exeter 25 26 31 15 33 15
Ipswich 25 9 32 12 15 18
St. Albans 42 28 41 28 38 25
Aberdeen 17 19 17 11 10 22
Darlington 39 33 29 9 53 43
Southampton 34 16 31 15 36 27
South Shields 39 38 29 20 28 31
Carlisle 10 16 14 4 17 22
Norwich 13 16 13 6 26 29
Swansea 22 15 19 15 20 19
Northampton 18 10 17 13 27 14
Coventry 22 23 26 17 23 36
York 20 11 11 7 22 23
Cambridge 13 18 22 8 17 16
Huddersfield 30 21 17 18 41 27
Pontypridd 33 24 34 10 36 22
Canterbury 14 16 27 14 27 28
Inverness 13 9 19 6 14 11
Salisbury 16 19 18 12 21 7
Blackburn 16 13 14 15 37 20
Worcester 13 9 14 6 20 23
Wrexham 25 14 25 14 33 25
Omagh 17 17 22 11 42 37
Devonport 16 9 12 8 23 13
Dumfries 19 12 16 8 17 20
Shrewsbury 8 3 8 9 8 7
Oxford 9 8 7 5 8 6
Redruth 8 7 8 3 14 7
Channel Isles 4 6 8 8 9 4
Total 2,496 2,239 2,611 1,399 2,805 2,443

Note.—The figures are based on weekly returns from the centres and the totals therefore vary slightly from those published which relate to calendar months.