§ Mr. Wiggasked 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 the years 1957 and 1958, broken down to show the figures for the principal recruiting centres in the British Isles.
§ Mr. Soames,pursuant to his reply, [OFFICIAL REPORT, Wednesday, 18tn February, 1959; Vol. 600, c. 59], supplied the following information:
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REGULAR RERUITING (MALE ADULTS) DIRECT FROM CLVIL LLFE Recruiting Centre 1957 1958 Glasgow … 1,090 1,197 Liverpool … 970 1,204 Edinburgh … 878 827 Manchester … 849 1,039 Sheffield … 814 1,066 Leeds … 804 971 Birmingham … 760 873 Central London … 617 606 Nottingham … 582 753 Belfast … 480 1,026 Newcastle … 472 633 Brighton … 460 419 Leicester … 453 475 Wolverhampton … 435 345 Bournemouth … 421 359 Cardiff … 407 528 Croydon … 402 408 Hull … 398 410 Bradford … 388 357 Dundee … 388 519 Acton … 387 381 Blackheath … 379 386 Stoke-on-Trent … 375 525
Recruiting Centre 1957 1958 Reading … 367 309 Derby … 354 489 Lincoln … 353 428 Wanstead … 347 388 Bristol … 342 390 Surbiton … 342 230 Chatham … 325 294 Portsmouth … 315 326 Kentish Town … 287 355 Chester … 278 427 Middlesborough … 272 372 Southend … 270 268 Gloucester … 263 241 Preston … 256 276 Exeter … 252 239 Ipswich … 243 251 St. Albans … 241 349 Aberdeen … 237 257 Darlington … 237 384 Southampton … 236 293 South Shields … 228 338 Carlisle … 205 153 Norwich … 205 196 Swansea … 205 238 Northampton … 204 210 Coventry … 203 226 York … 183 173 Cambridge … 176 152 Huddersfield … 174 303 Pontypridd … 168 323 Canterbury … 167 216 Inverness … 167 137 Salisbury … 148 156 Blackburn … 145 207 Worcester … 144 130 Wrexham … 138 220 Omagh … 137 246 Devonport … 133 161 Dumfries … 133 134 Shrewsbury … 107 93 Oxford … 97 87 Redruth … 71 82 Channel Isles … 53 62 Total … 22,617 26,116 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.