HC Deb 04 March 1965 vol 707 cc304-5W
Mr. Clive Bossom

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the recruiting figures and the numbers leaving the Territorial Army in the last six months, and in the corresponding period in 1963–64, respectively.

Mr. Mulley

The following is the information:

Mr. Mulley

The following figures show the War Establishment of the ten Divisions and two Independent Brigades in the Territorial Army, together with their recruited strength at 1st January, 1963, 1964 and 1965 respectively.

Formation Establishment Volunteer Strength on
Offr. O.R. 1 Jan., 1963 1 Jan., 1964 1 Jan., 1965
Offr. O.R. Offr. O.R. Offr. O.R.
44 (Home Counties) Division/District (T.A.) 606 10,272 524 5,082 503 5,147 496 5,144
54 (East Anglian) Division/District (T.A.) 811 12,884 699 6,694 663 6,683 678 6,810
49 (West Riding and North Midland) Division/District (T.A.) 773 12,956 652 7,922 636 8,292 637 8,107
50 (Northumbrian) Division/District (T.A.) 631 10,740 504 6,708 475 7,000 468 6,751
51 (Highland) Division/District (T.A.) 613 10,481 512 6,377 486 6,877 511 6,828
52 (Lowland) Division/District (T.A.) 555 9,380 430 5,569 415 5,615 438 5,421
43 (Wessex) Division/District (T.A.) 857 14,396 728 7,883 705 7,932 684 7,846
42 (Lancashire) Division (T.A.) North West District 1,011 17,329 768 9,943 767 10,235 760 9,921
48 Division (T.A.) West Midland District 606 9,955 504 4,893 484 5,120 495 5,299
53 Division (T.A.) Wales District 560 9,345 413 4,939 404 5,202 394 5,309
44 Parachute Brigade Group (T.A.) 309 5,382 258 4,009 257 4,260 233 3,935
107 (Ulster) Independent Brigade Group 245 4,323 198 2,979 197 3,172 209 3,116
TOTALS 7,577 127,443 6,190 72,998 5,992 75,535 6,003 74,487
GRAND TOTALS 135,020 79,188 81,527 80,490