§ 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 period 1st January to 31st March in the years 1957, 1958 and 1959, broken down 149W to show the figures for the principal recruiting centres in the British Isles.
REGULAR RECRUITING (MALE ADULTS) DIRECT FROM CIVIL LIFE IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF EACH YEAR Recruiting Centre 1957 1958 1959 Recruiting Centre 1957 1958 1959 Eastern Command Southern Command—continued Brighton … 163 96 100 … Cambridge … 62 30 45 Gloucester … 91 52 70 Canterbury … 80 48 72 Oxford … 41 24 20 Chatham … 120 61 96 Portsmouth … 132 75 104 Ipswich … 80 69 47 Reading … 137 75 104 Norwich … 80 57 63 Redruth … 25 17 28 St. Albans … 86 73 88 Salisbury … 47 38 38 Southend … 105 72 66 Southampton … 85 79 76 Northern Command Western Command Bradford … 142 86 102 Birmingham … 276 219 236 Carlisle … 72 41 54 Blackburn … 67 48 63 Darlington … 91 88 120 Cardiff … 121 103 158 Derby … 121 117 112 Chester … 92 107 98 Huddersfield … 57 78 94 Coventry … 95 61 72 Hull … 149 110 114 Kingsway (Stoke) … 131 113 96 Leeds … 295 191 268 Liverpool … 337 276 300 Leicester … 159 136 99 Manchester … 304 225 344 Lincoln … 128 116 122 Pontypridd … 48 54 67 Middlesbrought … 97 77 103 Preston … 90 47 78 Newcastle … 176 124 179 Shrewsbury … 35 20 27 Northampton … 103 55 58 Swansea … 60 66 52 Nottongham … 182 163 159 Wolverhampton … 152 95 122 Shefffield … 332 227 277 Worcester … 58 35 54 South Shields … 79 69 83 Wrexham … 48 49 71 York … 82 54 63 London District Scottish Command Central London 247 131 135 Aberdeen … 89 78 54 Acton … 147 99 96 Dumfries … 53 30 48 Blackheath … 134 84 107 Dundee … 121 137 155 Croydon … 155 76 98 Edinburgh … 324 190 249 Kentish Town … 103 88 73 Glasgow … 439 267 378 Surbiton … 116 66 66 Inverness … 68 41 39 Wanstead … 138 72 82 Southern Command Northern Ireland District Bournemouth … 196 109 91 Bristol … 127 91 90 Belfast … 127 221 336 Channel Isles … 20 12 16 Omagh … 59 72 102 Devonport … 41 36 49 Exeter … 88 49 69 Total … 8,305 6,066 7,157 Note: The figures are based on weekly returns form the centres and the totals therefore vary slightly from those published which relate to calendar months.