§ Mr. Goodhartasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many officers there will be in each of the Services out of the 341,000 Service men planned for the forces in 1973.
§ Mr. BoydenI would expect the overall proportion of officers to be approximately the same as that forecast for 1st April, 1969, in Annex A of the Statement on the Defence Estimates, 1968 [Cmnd. 3540].