§ 95. Mr. Pentlandasked the Minister of Defence what was the number of Regular recruits enlisted in the Royal Navy, the Army, and the Royal Air Force, respectively, from the northern region of England, during each of the years 1961, 1962, 1963, to the latest available date, together with comparable figures for other regions of England.
§ Mr. ThorneycroftThe figures are as follows. They relate to regular recruits enlisted in the Ministry of Labour regions shown, and, except in the case of the Royal Navy, where an unidentifiable number of boys is included are for men only:
sultants; and what such action he is proposing in the near future.
§ Mr. ThorneycroftThe Ministry of Defence is in the middle of the largest reorganisation of the Defence Departments ever undertaken. I am using and will continue to use all the resources of my own department and the Treasury 101W that I can conveniently make use of. I do not rule out the employment of outside consultants and I do employ outside scientific and technological advisers, but security places some limit on such possibilities.