HC Deb 06 February 1968 vol 758 cc88-9W
Sir Ian Orr-Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a table showing the recruiting figures and the re-engagement figures for each of the armed services for the last quarter of each of the last five years.

Mr. Reynolds

Following is the information; the figures for October-December, 1967 are only provisional:

Before 1966, entry for the Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service

RE-ENGAGEMENTS (Men only)
October-December 1963 October-December 1964 October-December 1965 October-December 1966 October-December 1967
Royal Navy and Royal Marines
To 9 years 5 — — — —
14 years 229 146 225 204 221
22 years 398 324 579 398 353
Others 80 70 82 99 71
Army
To 6 years 11 9 4 9 6
9 years 1,011 1,087 965 1,067 1,019
15 years 475 598 554 729 786
22 years 132 104 95 102 167
Others 960 1,162 1,101 1,401 1,414
Royal Air Force
To less than 5 years 2 — — — —
To 5–8 years 13 9 4 9 4
To 9 or over (other than to 22 years or over) 217 366 454 397 397
Re-engagement for Pension 719 660 468 401 438
Re-engaged personnel re-engaging for a further period 1 8 4 11 5