§ Mr. Onslowasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many applications for retirement were received from officers of the Regular Army in December 1967; and what the corresponding totals were in each of the four preceding years.
§ Mr. BoydenThe number of applications received in December, 1967 was 52. The corresponding number for December, 1966 was 36. Comparable figures for previous Decembers are not available but annual totals over the past five years are:
1963 … … … 375 1964 … … … 475 1965 … … … 529 1966 … … … 494 1967 … … … 583