§ 57. Rear-Admiral Morgan-Gilesasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the planned strength for each of the Services and the Royal Marines, separately, in 1972–73, showing officers, adult male other ranks, young soldiers/airmen, boys and apprentices and the women's services, separately.
§ Mr. HattersleyThe planned strengths for each of the Services for the end of the financial year 1972–73 are:
R.N. and R.M. … … about 78,000 Army … … about 168,000 R.A.F. … … about 107,000 Of these, the Women's Services will be
SERVICEMEN-APPLICATIONS FOR DISCHARGE ACCEPTED 1965 1966 1967 1968 Royal Navy … … … 1,286 1,066 1,452 1,970 Royal Marines … … … 111 125 234 380 Army … … … 6,704 7,122 6,794 8,518 Royal Air Force … … … 2,298 2,009 3,578 2,364 Figures include applications to leave on redundancy.