HC Deb 10 November 1961 vol 648 cc95-7W
Mr. Wigg

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 the month of September in the

REGULAR RECRUITING (MALE ADULTS) DIRECT FROM CIVIL LIFE FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1957 1958 1959, 1960, 1961
Recruiting Centre 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Brighton 35 44 16 32 44
Cambridge 13 13 6 7 13
Canterbury 11 14
Chatham 30 39 25 22 45
Ipswich 22 25 17 17 23
Norwich 15 13 16 9 21
St. Albans 26 42 31 20 41
Southend 22 27 7 12 31
Eastern Command Total 174 217 118 119 218
Bradford 34 36 25 17 34
Carlisle 16 10 14 10 26
Darlington 12 39 43 34 31
Derby 45 38 45 33 27
Huddersfield 14 30 12 18 11
Hull 30 29 18 17 21
Leeds 70 88 57 52 56
Leicester 48 29 12 20 46
Lincoln 35 39 22 26 39
Middlesbrough 25 29 31 23 43
Newcastle 44 70 56 46 87
Northampton 6 18 13 13 27
Nottingham 59 57 70 37 54
Sheffield 67 91 96 57 79
South Shields 20 39 30 27 31
York 15 20 9 13 24
Northern Command Total 540 662 553 443 636
Aberdeen 18 17 16 11 11
Dumfries 10 19 13 15 20
Dundee 26 53 44 24 45
Edinburgh 64 84 54 46 58
Glasgow 82 110 104 89 105
Inverness 8 13 16 5 10
Scottish Command Total 208 296 247 190 249
Bournemouth 42 31 22 26 32
Bristol 19 39 43 31 40
Channel Isles 9 4 3 3 10
Devonport 13 16 10 12 17
Exeter 21 25 14 22 19
Gloucester 24 14 23 17 22
Oxford 6 9 5 5 14
Portsmouth 30 32 23 17 27
Reading 28 22 30 29 41
Redruth 6 8 4 1 9
Salisbury 12 16 22 15 25
Southampton 15 34 18 17 18
Southern Command Total 225 250 217 195 274
Totals carried forward 1,147 1,425 1,135 947 1,377

years 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961 broken down to cover the recruiting centres and Commands set out in his Written Reply on 8th February, 1961, to a related question from the hon. Member for Dudley.

Mr. Profumo

The following is the information requested:

Recruiting Centre 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
Totals brought forward 1,147 1,425 1,135 947 1,377
Birmingham 66 78 64 57 81
Blackburn 9 16 12 8 16
Cardiff 49 67 57 47 64
Chester 25 46 28 34 56
Coventry 14 22 14 22 34
Kingsway 31 48 36 25 37
Liverpool 94 122 67 68 131
Manchester 68 112 86 75 112
Pontypridd 14 33 25 18 26
Preston 22 38 32 19 26
Shrewsbury 12 8 12 8 18
Swansea 27 22 16 13 14
Wolverhampton 35 31 13 17 31
Worcester 12 13 10 3 12
Wrexham 14 25 16 7 21
Western Command Total 492 681 488 421 679
Central London 53 53 54 58 100
Acton 35 28 21 18 38
Blackheath 34 46 13 16 37
Croydon 27 51 29 25 31
Kentish Town 20 30 23 16 37
Surbiton 28 20 14 9 14
Wanstcad 37 42 15 19 32
London District Total 234 270 169 161 289
Belfast 45 93 96 87 91
Omagh 10 17 23 18 16
N.I. District Total 55 110 119 105 107
Grand Totals 1,928 2,486 1,911 1,634 2,452
Note: The figures are based on weekly returns from the centres and the totals vary slightly from those published which relate to calendar months.